Course

MBA 524: Financial Performance Metrics

Time limit: 60 days

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Full course description

Course Description

In this course, students explore commonly used financial ratios and performance metrics—such as liquidity, profitability, and leverage ratios—and learn how to calculate and interpret these metrics to evaluate a company’s operational and financial efficiency.

 

Course Objectives

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Identify and define key financial ratios and metrics, and understand their relevance in various business contexts.
  • Apply financial ratios to analyze real-world company data, assessing liquidity, profitability, and leverage.
  • Analyze trends and patterns in financial data using comparative and industry benchmarking techniques.
  • Integrate financial data analysis to form coherent strategies for business improvement, risk management, and investment decisions.
  • Develop financial reports and dashboards that present data-driven insights and strategic recommendations effectively.

Outcome Proficiency Groups

MBA 524 helps you grow in two of the five MyMBA program outcomes:

Strategic Thinking & Decision Making

Turn financial metrics into strategies for business improvement, risk management, and investment.

Analytics & Critical Thinking

Calculate and benchmark liquidity, profitability, and leverage ratios to assess performance.

Where This Course Leads

The skills you build here carry forward to the MBA Capstone, where you bring all five outcome proficiency groups together to tackle a contemporary business challenge.