Essentials of Financial Analysis Author:George T. Friedlob, Lydia L. F. Schleifer, George T. Friedlob, L.F. Schleifer An easy-to-use guide to financial analysis — Essentials of Financial Analysis shows how to analyze a company as a prospective investment. This one-stop resource includes a basic introduction to accounting; shows how to use ratio analysis to evaluate a company's profit, liquidity, and solvency; and provides actual financial statements of a variety... more » of companies as illustrations.« less