Seminar paper from the year 2003 in the subject Business economics - Banking, Stock Exchanges, Insurance, Accounting, grade: 1.3, University of Strathclyde, language: English, abstract: This paper summarises in a short and concise manner the potential benefit of financial analysis to a prospective investor. The company ADVANCED MEDICAL SOLUTIONS GROUP PLC (AMS) was chosen at random - figures used are from the group as a whole.

In section (i.), I will measure the companies past performances related to Financial Statements (F/S) and identify its strengths and weaknesses associated with this information.

In section (ii.), I will comment on the limitation and usefulness of ROCE vs. EVA & MVA.