Writing a Tutorial for interns

    Financial statements provide critical information to business owners and executives as well as external constituencies, such as banks and governmental entities. These financial statements are often analyzed using ratios. Summarize key ratios she would use to analyze financial statements, what they tell us, and why we prefer ratios over absolute numbers. In addition to the assigned readings, there are three optional videos listed in the resource section of the course and any or all of them may help with this assignment. Instructions: • Write a tutorial for interns that the company frequently hires that describes the three key financial statements, balance sheet, income statement (P and L), and cash flow statement. • List and explain at least five key ratios that are commonly used in the analysis of financial statements and explain how they are calculated and why they are important. There should be at least one ratio for each of the three key financial statements. • Explain why ratios are often used in the analysis of financial statements rather than absolute numbers.