The balance sheet provides you and your co-owners, lenders and management with essential information about your company's financial position. The income statement and cash flow statement provide you ...

A comparative balance sheet analysis is a method of analyzing a company's balance sheet over time to identify changes and trends. Public companies are required to include the information needed for a ...

A deep-dive analysis of Chesapeake Energy's balance sheet. The numbers that matter A balance sheet is broken into three parts: assets, liabilities, and equity. We'll start at the top and check out ...

ConocoPhillips (COP 0.73%) is the largest independent oil and gas company in the world based on production and proved reserves. It also sports a behemoth-sized balance sheet with over $121.6 billion ...

Investors in iRobot have had a roller coaster of a ride. The company's stock price soared 85% in 2013 but has taken a zigzag path to end up down 6% year to date in 2014. As with all companies, ...

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Apple stock tends to attract a lot of interest for multiple angles; but investors don't usually focus their attention on the company's balance sheet. However, going through the numbers in the balance ...

Benjamin Graham's The Intelligent Investor is the quintessential book for serious investors. If I had a chance to go back and rename the book, though, I think a more appropriate name would be An Ode ...

Balance sheets convey vital information about economic prospects and risks. Balance sheet analysis captures the role that financial frictions and mismatches play in creating fragility and amplifying ...

For years investors have been concerned that Chesapeake Energy Corporation's balance sheet would be the downfall of its stock. The biggest concern investors have with the company is the debt carried ...