A balance sheet is a financial statement that provides a snapshot of a company's assets, liabilities, and shareholder's equity. A balance sheet is a type of financial statement. It gives you an ...

Discover the synergy between income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements for a full analysis of a company's financial health and performance.

Charlene Rhinehart is a CPA , CFE, chair of an Illinois CPA Society committee, and has a degree in accounting and finance from DePaul University. As the name implies, a balance sheet should reveal ...

Financial statements are documents used to communicate to end-users a business's financial circumstances in an efficient and effective manner. Four basic financial statements exist: the balance sheet, ...

A balance sheet displays what a company owns, what it owes, how it's financed, and its shareholders' equity at a particular point in time. An income statement displays the company's revenues and ...

A balance sheet provides a snapshot of a company's assets, liabilities and equity at a specific point in time, while an income statement summarizes its revenues and expenses over a period to show ...

If you're interested in investing, you've probably read quite a few articles that say "do your homework" before buying a stock. Reading and understanding a balance sheet is part of that homework.

A company's annual report includes ts balance sheet, which shows the company's assets and liabilities. Though it might not be evident to the untrained eye, risk affects several of the line items on a ...

Previously, we discussed some ways to improve cash flow within a company. This evolved from a question that was posed by contractors on a message board regarding the difference between profits and ...

The ability to raise capital is essential to keep your business growing and thriving. However, if you want to attract interest from potential investors or secure a loan, your balance sheet becomes a ...

Fortress-like is the term you want to hear. What separates a strong balance sheet from a weak one? In this podcast, Motley Fool senior analysts John Rotonti and Bill Mann discuss: Assets, liabilities, ...

Now let's take a closer look to see how strong this balance sheet is by analyzing it with some common balance sheet ratios. There are about a half-dozen different ratios we can use to determine a ...