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What is Fundamental Analysis?
Fundamental Analysis is the examination of the fundamentals of a company based on various quantitative and qualitative factors to attempt to derive its intrinsic value. By assessing the factors that affect a company's business and future prospects, fundamental analysis is conducted to help us form an opinion on the current business performance, financial position and cashflows of the company that we intend to invest in.
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Value Investing
Investopedia explains Value Investing as the strategy of selecting stocks that trade for less than their intrinsic values. Value investors actively seek stocks of companies that they believe the market has undervalued. They believe the market overreacts to good and bad news, resulting in stock price movements that do not correspond with the company's long-term fundamentals. The result is an opportunity for value investors to profit by buying when the price is deflated.
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Introduction to Financial Statements
Financial Statements are the statements that present a company’s financial performance and position for a particular period. Financial statements are like report cards of a company that are presented to shareholders.
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Statement Of Comprehensive Income
The Statement of Comprehensive Income presents the income, expenses and profit performance of a company over a specified period of time. The key information presented would be the revenue which is also known as the “topline” and the profits for the year which is also known as the “bottom line”.
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Statement Of Financial Position
The Statement of Financial Position which is also known as the Balance Sheet shows the financial position of a company at a particular point of time. The statement shows the company’s assets and liabilities as at the end of the financial period.
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Statement of Cash Flows
The Statement of Cash Flows shows how the company generated its cash flows – whether from operating activities or from sources of financing via equity or debt, and how it spent those funds during the accounting period. In other words, the Statement of Cash Flows presents the inflows and outflows of funds of a business over a certain period of time.
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Statement Of Changes In Equity
The Statement Of Changes In Equity shows the changes to the owner’s equity from the start until the end of the financial period. The purpose of the Statement Of Changes In Equity is to inform shareholders how the capital of a company is utilised and used.
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