Financial Analysis for Credit

This course gives a practical perspective on how credit analysts and commercial bankers should assess the liquidity, leverage, coverage, and coverage of companies. This course is designed to help any financial analyst or credit professional who wants to work in business banking, commercial banking, lending, risk management or underwriting.

This course focuses on the techniques and methods used by credit analysts in the industry. Students will learn how to perform both vertical and horizontal analysis using ratio analysis in order to gain a better understanding of a company's financial standing. Students will also learn how to use the information from the financial statements to benchmark a company's performance. This is useful in determining whether the numbers are relevant to a lending situation.