Determining a company’s financial health

Strictly Financials fellows learned how to pull apart financial statements on Thursday morning, a skill that allows them to accurately assess a company’s financial health.

Leading the session was Gary Trennepohl, president of Oklahoma State University-Tulsa. Trennepohl gave the fellows ratios to measure financial health and showed them how to use the profitability model to evaluate a company.

Below is an excerpt from this morning’s session:

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