Parker School of Business

Business Analysis Using Financial Statements

MIT 15.535 · Advanced Level

Use financial statements as an investor, analyst, or lender: detect earnings management, decompose profitability, assess credit risk, and build equity valuation models.

7 Modules

Self-Paced

Certificate

Graduate Level

What You'll Learn

  • Apply a systematic business analysis framework (strategy → accounting → financial → prospective)
  • Detect earnings management and assess accounting quality
  • Decompose ROE using extended DuPont analysis
  • Assess debt capacity and creditworthiness from financial statements
  • Value equities using multiples, DCF, and residual income models
  • Build integrated three-statement financial models and forecasts
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Academic Attribution

Adapted from MIT OCW 15.535 Business Analysis Using Financial Statements. MIT Sloan School of Management.

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