Fundamental analysis

Fundamental analysis

Bachelor of Business Studies (BBS) — Fourth Year

Subject: Fundamentals of Investment (FIN 253)

Unit 6: Common Stock Analysis and Valuation

Academic Year: 2083/84

Topic Objectives

After studying this topic, students should be able to:

• Explain the scope and key elements of fundamental analysis.
• Apply the relevant financial concepts or calculations and explain their assumptions, risks and analytical limits.

Curriculum Scope

• Fundamental analysis: the concept, financial statements, key financial ratios, ROA-ROE interaction, common stock ratios

Detailed Microsyllabus

1. Fundamental analysis

   1. Business and financial-statement evidence.
   2. Key ratios and stock measures.
   3. Check comparability.

2. Return relationships

   1. ROA–ROE interaction.
   2. Financing and operating influences.
   3. Interpret results with consistent definitions.

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Curriculum reference: Tribhuvan University, Faculty of Management, revised four-year BBS curriculum, PDF pages 89–91.

Source note: The curriculum scope above is retained from the existing TU syllabus breakdown. The numbered study subtopics are editorial elaborations for teaching and study, rather than a separately issued TU syllabus. Unit or component allocations apply at their stated level; no separate topic hours or marks are assigned here. Examples involving current laws, rates, institutional products or Nepalese status must identify the relevant period and official materials; no changing numerical or legal requirements are invented here.