You don’t need to be a CPA to understand your company’s financial health. You just need to know where to look. That starts with the income statement—also known as the profit and loss (P&L) ...

An income statement is your business’s bottom line: your total revenue from sales minus all of your costs. Financial data is always at the back of the business plan, but that doesn’t mean it’s any ...

Income statements detail revenue, expenses, and net income from top to bottom. Reading starts with revenue, deducts expenses, and ends with net income. Subtotal figures help identify missing account ...

Cash flow is, understandably, one of a company’s most significant concerns. To stay on top of this vital financial metric, business owners rely on accurate, consistent cash flow statements. These ...

Learn how to tell if your business could be facing a cash crunch Written By Written by Staff Senior Editor, Buy Side Miranda Marquit is a staff senior personal finance editor for Buy Side. Edited By ...

When it comes to assessing a company, Warren Buffett says balance sheets are a good place to start. "I spend more time looking at balance sheets then I do income statements," he said. "Wall Street ...