Prelude to Comprehensive Analysis Reporting on Financial Statement Analysis Analysis report typically contains at least six distinct sections 1. Executive Summary--Brief summary focuses on important analysis results 2. Analysis overview--Background material on the company, its industry, and its economic environment 3. Evidential matter--Financial statements and information used in the analysis. This includes ratios, trends, statistics, and all analytical measures assembled 4. Assum ptions--Identification of important assumptions regarding a company's industry and economic environment and other important assumptions for estimates or forecasts 5. Crucial factors--Listing of important favorable and unfavorable factors, both quantitative and qualitative, for company performance--usually listed by areas of analysis 6. Inferences--Includes forecasts, estimates, interpretations and conclusions drawing on all four prior sections of the reportReporting on Financial Statement Analysis Prelude to Comprehensive Analysis Analysis report typically contains at least six distinct sections: 1.Executive Summary--Brief summary focuses on important analysis results. 2.Analysis overview--Background material on the company, its industry, and its economic environment. 3.Evidential matter--Financial statements and information used in the analysis. This includes ratios, trends, statistics, and all analytical measures assembled. 4.Assumptions--Identification of important assumptions regarding a company’s industry and economic environment, and other important assumptions for estimates or forecasts. 5.Crucial factors--Listing of important favorable and unfavorable factors, both quantitative and qualitative, for company performance—usually listed by areas of analysis. 6. Inferences--Includes forecasts, estimates, interpretations, and conclusions drawing on all four prior sections of the report