Brief Course Description
1. Course Title:
Financial analysis
2. Language of Instruction:
Vietnamese
3. Course Code:
FIN605028
4. Credits:
3
5. Course Objectives:
This course is designed for master’s students in Finance at the School of Finance. It aims to equip students with a rigorous understanding of how firms’ strategies, accounting choices, and financial statements interact to shape corporate performance and value. The course develops students’ ability to analyse and interpret financial information for decision-making in investment, credit assessment, and valuation contexts. It fosters critical evaluation of corporate financial policies, encourages engagement with real-world financial reporting and market practices, and promotes evidence-based, professional judgement in analysing listed companies.
6. Brief Description of Course Content:
This course introduces students to the principles and practices of financial statement analysis and corporate valuation. It examines how corporate strategies, accounting policies, and financial reporting choices shape firms’ financial performance and market value. The course explores how investors, creditors, and other stakeholders use financial statements to evaluate profitability, risk, growth prospects, and creditworthiness. Students will analyse real-world corporate financial reports, apply financial analysis and valuation techniques to equity, credit, and merger contexts, and engage critically with current practices and debates in financial reporting and corporate financial decision-making.