A balance sheet offers a glimpse into a company’s assets and breaks them into two categories: current and non-current assets. Current assets like cash equivalents and securities can easily be ...

If you're interested in investing, you've probably read quite a few articles that say "do your homework" before buying a stock. Reading and understanding a balance sheet is part of that homework.

A balance sheet is a financial document that presents the financial status of a business through an accounting of a company’s assets, liabilities, and equity. A balance sheet, when looked at with a ...

Charlene Rhinehart is a CPA , CFE, chair of an Illinois CPA Society committee, and has a degree in accounting and finance from DePaul University. As the name implies, a balance sheet should reveal ...

Last month we looked at P&Ls as the window to a company’s success. Now let’s analyze the balance sheet which is more analogous to looking at the financial health of a company. A review of the balance ...

A balance sheet is a financial statement that provides a broad overview of a given firm's assets, liabilities and shareholders' equity. This important document gives management and other interested ...

Publicly traded corporations are required to publish quarterly balance sheets that allow shareholders to compare a company’s assets with its liabilities. It’s also a good practice for private ...

Julia is a writer in New York and started covering tech and business during the pandemic. She also covers books and the publishing industry. With over a decade of editorial experience, Rob Watts ...

If you're interested in investing, you've probably read quite a few articles that say "do your homework" before buying a stock. Reading and understanding a balance sheet is part of that homework.