Stickney/Brown/Wahlen is a balanced, flexible, and complete Financial Statement Analysis book that is written with the premise that students learn financial statement analysis most effectively by performing the analysis on actual companies. Students learn to integrate the concepts from economics, business strategy, accounting, and other business disciplines through the integration of a unique six-step process.

Divided into three parts on the main components of financial statement analysis, this textbook introduces the concepts and tools of profitability and risk analysis, the generally accepted accounting principles, and a process for preparing forecasts of future profitability and valuation of firms. The sixth edition adds a chapter on dividends valuation models and sections on EBITDA, economic value added, and FASB Statement No. 123.
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Divided into three parts on the main components of financial statement analysis, this textbook introduces the concepts and tools of profitability and risk analysis, the generally accepted accounting principles, and a process for preparing forecasts of future profitability and valuation of firms. The sixth edition adds a chapter on dividends valuation models and sections on EBITDA, economic value added, and FASB Statement No. 123. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Clyde P. Stickney was the Signal Companies' Professor of Management at the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration, Dartmouth College. He received his Ph.D. from Florida State University and served on the faculties of the University of Chicago and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill before joining the faculty of the Tuck School in 1977. He has also taught at the International University of Japan, Swinburne Institute of Technology, and Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration. Professor Stickney's teaching and research interests center around the interpretation and analysis of financial statements. Recent research has examined the impact of different accounting principles on U.S. versus Japanese price-earnings ratios and the use of financial statement ratios to infer the content and to evaluate the success of corporate-level strategies. He has authored and coauthored books on financial accounting, managerial accounting, and financial statement analysis. Professor Stickney is a member of the American Accounting Association.Paul R. Brown, Ph.D., CPA is Professor of Accounting and Executive Director, TRIUM Global Executive MBA at the Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University. He received his doctoral degree from the University of Texas, Austin and has served on the faculties of the Yale School of Organization and Management and INSEAD. He is the founding editor-in-chief of The Journal of Financial Statement Analysis. The journal is published by Institutional Investor with the objective of enhancing the understanding and interpretation of firm's activities in the context of financial statements.

Professor Brown has published extensively in both The Journal of Financial Statement Analysis and a wide range of other academic and professional publications. Recent research has examined regulatory issues related to auditor independence, and the importance of industry-specific factors when assessing firms in the biotechnology and high technology industries. Prior to entering academe, he worked as an auditor for Arthur AndersenandCo., and as a staff member of the Financial Accounting Standards Board. Professor Brown is a member of both the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the American Accounting Association.James M. Wahlen is Professor of Accounting and Ford Motor Company Teaching Fellow at the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University. He received his doctoral degree from the University of Michigan and has served on the faculties of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and INSEAD before joining the Kelley School of Business faculty in 1997. He has also taught at the University of Washington and Pacific Lutheran University. Professor Wahlen's teaching and research interests focus on financial accounting, financial statement analysis and the capital markets. Recent research investigates earnings quality and earnings management; earnings volatility as an indicator of risk; fair value accounting for financial instruments; accounting discretion and loss reserve estimates by banks and insurers; and stock market efficiency with respect to accounting information, testing the extent to which future stock returns can be predicted with earnings and other financial statement information. His research has been published in a wide array of academic and practitioner journals in accounting and finance. He has had public accounting experience in both Milwaukee and Seattle and is a member of the American Accounting Association.

1: Overview of Financial Reporting, Financial Statement Analysis, and Valuation. 2: Asset and Liability Valuation and Income Measurement. 3: Income Flows versus Cash Flows: Key Relationships in the Dynamics of a Business. 4: Profitability Analysis. 5: Risk Analysis. 6: Quality of Accounting Information and Adjustments to Reported Financial Statement Data. 7: Revenue Recognition and Related Expenses. 8: Liability Recognition and Related Expenses. 9: Intercorporate Entities. 10: Forecasting Financial Statements. 11: Valuation: Discount Rates and Dividends-Based Approaches. 12: Valuation: Cash-Flow-Based Approaches. 13: Valuation: Earnings-Based Approaches. 14: Valuation: Market-Based Approaches. Appendix A: Financial Statements and Notes for Pepsico, Inc. and Subsidiaries. Appendix B: Management's Discussion and Analysis for Pepsico, Inc. and Subsidiaries. Appendix C: Output of FSAP for Pepsico. Appendix D: User Manual for FSAP Financial Analysis Spreadsheets.