PROPOSAL
In today’s economy, information and accountability have assumed a larger rolein our society.As a result the financial statement with an independent audit report areof vital services to investors, creditors and other participants in economicexchange.Financial statements can only be valuable to those who know how to usethem. As a result of their key role in business, the researcher has been spurredto embark on this work.Financial ratios have been used to analyze and interpret the financialstatements or the selected companies. That is in an effort to sow, for thebenefit of those who should like to be in business, how the financial statementcould be used to aid in investment decisions and business growth.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title page
Approval page
Dedication
Proposal
Acknowledgement
Table of contents
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the study
1.2 Statement of problems
1.3 Objective of the study
1.4 Significance of the study
1.5 Historical background of the firms under study
CHAPTER TWO
LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 Financial information and its users
2.2 The nature of financial accounting conventions
2.3 The concepts and conventions
2.4 Development of generally accepted accounting principles
2.5 A review of working capital
2.6 The contents of financial statement
2.7 The statement of souces and application of fund
2.8 The auditors report on financial statements
2.9 Cash burgets
2.10 Financial analysis
2.11 Finaancial ratios
2.12 Empirical studies on ratios as predictive of business
2.13 Leverage in business
CHAPTER THREE
3.1 RESEARCH METHOD AND DESIGN
3.2 Sources of data collection
3.3 Primary sources of data collection
3.4 Secondary sources of data collection
3.5 Data collection and procedures
3.6 Analytical techniques
3.7 Determination of sample size
3.8 Validation of research instrument
CHAPTER FOUR
ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA
4.1 The balance sheet of benix
4.2 Analysis of financial statement of benix limited and its interpretation
4.3 The balance sheet of bonus limited
4.4 The profit and loss account of bonus limited
4.5 Analysis of the financial statement of bonus limited and its interpretation6
4.6 Presentation and analysis of data
CHAPTER FIVE
5.0 Summary findings, recommendation and conclusion
5.1 summary of findings
5.2 recommendation and conclusion
Bibliography
Vita
Questionnaire
