THE USEFULNESS OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IN ASSESSING THE PERFORMANCE OF COMPANIES AND IN GUIDING INVESTMENT DECISIONS

THE USEFULNESS OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IN ASSESSING THE PERFORMANCE OF COMPANIES AND IN GUIDING INVESTMENT DECISIONS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION

Background of the study
Statement of the problem
Objectives of the study
Significance of the study
Scope and limitation of the study
Research Questions
1.7 Statement of Hypothesis

1.8 Definition of terms

CHAPTER TWO: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

Basic concepts
Points of sales
Development of generally accepted accounting principles
Profile of the company
Analysis of trading accounts of marketing department of the company
Analysis of profit and loss account of the company
The fund flow statement
Profit and Loss Appropriation Account
Interpretation of Final Accounts of the company.
Evaluation of items with ratios.
Auditors report and information.

CHAPTER THREE:

RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY

Sources of Data
Interview questions
Sample Design
Method of Investigation
Statistical method used for data analysis.

CHAPTER FOUR:

Presentation, Analysis and Interpretation of data
4.1 Data presentation

4.2 Data Analysis

4.3 Testing of Hypothesis

4.4 Data interpretation

CHAPTER FIVE: FINDINGS, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION

Discussion of findings
Conclusion
Recommendation
Bibliography

Appendix A: Questionnaire

ABSTRACT

The use of financial statement in any business organization cannot be over emphasized, financial statements are needed by variety of people for different purposes. For instance, the government needs the financial books (reports) of a company for taxation purposes, the investors want to know how profitable a company is and will be able if the management of the company will like to know the level of their performance, all these cannot be known without the analysis of financial statement of the company or companies involved. The research work therefore forecast on the usefulness of financial statements in assessing the performance of companies and guiding investment decisions, in order to provide investors, management, government and others what the company is worth. Finally, the sources of data which are, primary and secondary data which led to the discussion of findings, conclusions and recommendation of the research topic.

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