PROPOSAL

In today’s economy, information and accountability have assumed a larger role in our society.

As a result the financial statement with an independent audit report are of vital services to investors, creditors and other participants in economic exchange.

Financial statements can only be valuable to those who know how to use them.  As a result of their key role in business, the researcher has been spurred to embark on this work.

Financial ratios have been used to analyze and interpret the financial statements or the selected companies.  That is in an effort to sow, for the benefit of those who should like to be in business, how the financial statement could 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

1.1Background of the study

1.2Statement of problems

1.3Objective of the study

1.4Significance of the study

1.5Historical background of the firms under study

Note

CHAPTER TWO

LITERATURE REVIEW

2.1Financial information and its users

2.2The nature of financial accounting conventions

2.3The  concepts and conventions

2.4Development of generally accepted accounting principles

2.5A review of working capital

2.6The contents of financial statement

2.7The statement of souces and application of fund

2.8The auditors report on financial statements

2.9Cash burgets

2.10Financial analysis

2.11Finaancial ratios

2.12Empirical studies on ratios as predictive of business

2.13Leverage in business

Notes

CHAPTER THREE

3.1RESEARCH METHOD AND DESIGN

3.2Sources of data collection

3.3Primary sources of data collection

3.4Secondary sources of data collection

3.5Data collection and procedures

3.6Analytical techniques

3.7Determination of sample size

3.8Validation of research instrument

CHAPTER FOUR

ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA

4.1The balance sheet of benix

4.2Analysis of financial statement of benix limited and its interpretation

4.3The balance sheet of bonus limited

4.4The profit and loss account of bonus limited

4.5Analysis of the financial statement of bonus limited and its interpretation 

4.6Presentation and analysis of data

CHAPTER FIVE

5.0Summary findings, recommendation and conclusion

5.1summary of findings

5.2recommendation and conclusion

Bibliography

Vita

Questionnaire