Guide to Analysing Companies

Bob Vause

ISBN 1861979851

ISBN 13 9781861979858

August 2005

Price £20.00

Hardback, 4th edition, 288 pp.

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Subject: Business

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The definitive guide to how to analyse and assess the strengths and weaknesses of any company.

* How do you tell how well run a company is and how well it is doing?
* Which ratios and benchmarks should you use to assess performance?
* What can be done to massage company results?
* How do you recognise danger signs on the corporate horizon?
* How do you compare companies operating in different sectors or even different countries?

All these important questions as well as many more are answered in this clear and comprehensive guide aimed at anyone who wants to

* make sense and practical use of a company’s annual report
* measure a business against its competitors
* judge the creditworthiness of a customer or client
* assess the investment potential of a company
* put a value on a company.

‘Shockingly readable - a minor classic. ’
— Interactive Investor