Saint Peters University - Financial Statement Analysis - AC570 - Singh - Spring 2025

Taught by Professor Singh Overview Getting Under the Hood of an Annual Report levels the playing field between the people who need to analyze a public company's annual report and the people who write annual reports. A variety of people with diverse interests read annual reports. Often, the people reading the annual report find it difficult to understand and intimidating. Generally, people reading an annual report are interested in either creating or maintaining a relationship with a public company. They might be prospective employees, creditors, vendors, or investors. They might also be people with a special interest in the company, such as stockbrokers, competitors or regulators. All of these people have a vital need to understand the past and present performance and operation of the public company. They also need a way to reasonably assess the future performance of the company. This book helps people reading annual reports get the information they need to make more informed opini