Rhedir gan Bangor Business School

15.000 Credyd neu 7.500 Credyd ECTS

Semester 2

Trefnydd: Prof Aziz Jaafar

To analyse the techniques that are used to evaluate a company's financial position and performance, and develop a critical awareness of the uses of financial data by capital markets for valuation purposes.

The content may include but will not be limited to; Balance sheet and income statement analysis; Financial ratio analysis and inter-firm comparison; Trend analysis and financial forecasting; Analysis of profitability and growth; The quality of financial statements, and using financial statements in valuation; Cash accounting, accrual accounting and discounted cash flow valuation; Pricing book values and earnings; Assessment of credit and equity risk.

trothwy

D- to D+; Basic understanding of key concepts and analytical techniques.

da

B- to B+; Good understanding of key concepts and good analytical skills.

ardderchog

A- to A*; Comprehensive and creative understanding of concepts and analytical techniques.

C- i C+

C- to C+; Broad and sound understanding of key concepts and analytical techniques.

1. Apply appropriate methodologies in order to produce inter-firm comparisons of performance, and comparisons between the performance of the same firm over time.

2. Critically analyse the uses of financial information by capital markets.

3. Demonstrate competence for the purposes of equity valuation.

4. Apply both basic and advanced techniques for the purposes of financial forecasting and the assessment of equity and credit risk.

• Llythrennedd - Medrusrwydd mewn darllen ac ysgrifennu drwy amrywiaeth o gyfryngau
• Rhifedd - Medrusrwydd wrth ddefnyddio rhifau ar lefelau priodol o gywirdeb
• Defnyddio cyfrifiaduron - Medrusrwydd wrth ddefnyddio ystod o feddalwedd cyfrifiadurol
• Hunanreolaeth - Gallu gweithio mewn ffordd effeithlon, prydlon a threfnus. Gallu edrych ar ganlyniadau tasgau a digwyddiadau, a barnu lefelau o ansawdd a phwysigrwydd
• Archwilio - Gallu ymchwilio ac ystyried dewisiadau eraill
• Adalw gwybodaeth - Gallu mynd at wahanol ac amrywiol ffynonellau gwybodaeth
• Sgiliau Rhyngbersonol - Gallu gofyn cwestiynau, gwrando'n astud ar atebion a'u harchwilio
• Dadansoddi Beirniadol & Datrys Problem - Gallu dadelfennu a dadansoddi problemau neu sefyllfaoedd cymhleth. Gallu canfod atebion i broblemau drwy ddadansoddiadau ac archwilio posibiliadau
• Gwaith Tîm - Gallu cydweithio'n adeiladol ag eraill ar dasg gyffredin, ac/neu fod yn rhan o dîm gweithio o ddydd i ddydd
• Dadl - Gallu cyflwyno, trafod a chyfiawnhau barn neu lwybr gweithredu, naill ai gydag unigolyn neu mewn grwˆp ehangach

• knowledge of some of the contexts in which accounting can be seen as operating (examples of contexts include the legal, ethical, social and natural environment; the accountancy profession; the business entity; the capital markets; the public sector)
• knowledge of contemporary theories and empirical evidence concerning accounting in at least one of its contexts (for example, accounting and capital markets; accounting and the firm; accounting and the public sector; accounting and society; accounting and sustainability) and the ability to critically evaluate such theories and evidence age
• An ability to interpret financial data including that arising in the context of the firm or household from accounting statements and data generated in financial markets. The interpretation may involve analysis using statistical and financial functions and procedures such as are routinely available in spreadsheets (eg Microsoft Excel) and statistical packages. It may assume the skills necessary to manipulate financial data and carry out statistical and econometric tests (e.g. estimation and interpretation of asset pricing models; financial modelling and projections; event studies and residuals analysis; elements of time series analysis, such as serial correlation mean reversion, and stochastic volatility).
• An ability to understand financial statements, and a basic appreciation of the limitations of financial reporting practices and procedures (eg financial statement analysis; the relation between cash flow accounting and accrual accounting; discretionary accounting practices).
• Numeracy: the use of quantitative skills to manipulate data, evaluate, estimate and model business problems, functions and phenomena.

Rhestr ddarllen

Financial Statement Analysis and Security Valuation by: Stephen Penman

Publisher: McGraw-Hill International (UK) Ltd
Print ISBN: 9780071326407, 0071326405
eText ISBN: 9780077147921, 0077147928
Edition: 5th
Copyright year: 2013

Gorfodol mewn cyrsiau:

• N4AK: MSc Accounting and Banking year 1 (MSC/ACB)
• N4AN: MSc Accounting and Banking (with Incorporated Pre-Masters) year 1 (MSC/ACB1)
• N4AJ: MSc Accounting year 1 (MSC/ACC)
• N4AM: MSc Accounting (with Incorporated Pre-Masters) year 1 (MSC/ACC1)
• N4AP: MSc Accounting and Finance (with Incorporated Pre-Masters) year 1 (MSC/ACCF1)
• N4AG: MSc Accounting and Finance year 1 (MSC/ACCFIN)
• N3CC: MSc Investment Management year 1 (MSC/IMGT)
• N3CX: MSc Investment Management (with Incorporated Pre-Masters) year 1 (MSC/IMGT1)
• N3CR: MSc Investment Management (10 month) year 1 (MSC/IMGT10)

Opsiynol mewn cyrsiau:

• N3CH: MA Banking & Finance (Chartered Banker) year 1 (MA/BFCB)
• N3DC: MA Bank & Fin (Chart Bank) (with Incorporated Pre-Masters) year 1 (MA/BFCB1)
• N3CK: MSc Banking & Finance (Chartered Banker) year 1 (MSC/BFCB)
• N3CW: MSc Bank & Fin (Chartered Banking) (with Incorp Pre-Masters) year 1 (MSC/BFCB1)