Reading & Analyzing a Bank’s Financial Statements Overview
Banks have unique classes of balance sheet and income statement line items that other companies won’t have. In “Reading & Analyzing a Bank’s Financial Statements” we will explore those differences and review real-life examples of different sized banks. This course also includes a model so you can practice calculating and analyzing financial ratios specific to banking and learn how to interpret a bank pyramid of ratios.
Reading & Analyzing a Bank’s Financial Statements Learning Objectives
Upon completing this course, you will be able to:- Explain how a bank’s balance sheet is laid out and how a bank makes money off its balance sheet.
- Read a bank’s income statement and understand how it differs from a typical income statement.
- Calculate and analyze financial ratios specific to banking.
- Use a bank pyramid of ratios to get a more comprehensive view of a business.
- Calculate and interpret bank regulatory ratios.
Who Should Take This Course?
This course is designed for entry-level investment bankers, entry-level equity or credit research analysts, corporate development professionals, and financial planning and analysis (FP&A) professionals working in the banking sector.