3 Financial Statements to Measure a Company’s Strength

When the stock market boomed in the 1920s, investors essentially had to fly blind in deciding which companies were sound investments because, at the time, most businesses had no legal obligation to reveal their finances. After the 1929 market crash, the government enacted legislation to help prevent a repeat disaster. To this day these reforms require publicly traded companies to regularly disclose certain details about their operations and financial position.

This Post: 3 Financial Statements to Measure a Company’s Strength

The income statement, balance sheet, and statement of cash flows are required financial statements. These three statements are informative tools that traders can use to analyze a company’s financial strength and provide a quick picture of a company’s financial health and underlying value.

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This article will provide a quick overview of the information that you can glean from these important financial statements without requiring you to be an accounting expert.