analyzing-financial-statements

Calculate and interpret financial ratios from income statements, balance sheets, and cash flows.

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Skill: analyzing-financial-statements
Source: https://github.com/anthropics/claude-cookbooks/tree/main/skills/custom_skills/analyzing-financial-statements
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/anthropics/claude-cookbooks --skill analyzing-financial-statements

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

💡 This Skill includes scripts (resource) components.

What problem does it solve?

Manually calculating and interpreting dozens of financial ratios from raw financial statements is tedious and error-prone. This skill automates the entire process, providing quick, accurate ratio analysis and contextual interpretations, saving financial professionals significant time.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Comprehensive Ratio Calculation: Automatically computes profitability, liquidity, leverage, efficiency, and valuation ratios.
  • Industry Benchmarking & Interpretation: Provides context for ratios against industry standards and offers actionable insights.
  • Trend Analysis: If historical data is provided, it can analyze ratio trends over time.
  • Use Case: A stock analyst needs to quickly assess the financial health of a company before a meeting. They provide the latest financial statements, and the skill generates a full report with all key ratios, their interpretations, and an overall health assessment, enabling rapid decision-making.

Quick Start

Calculate all financial ratios for the attached income statement and balance sheet. Provide an interpretation for the current ratio and debt-to-equity ratio.

Frequently Asked Questions about analyzing-financial-statements

High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.

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How do I calculate financial ratios from income statements and balance sheets?

Financial ratio calculation automates computation of profitability, liquidity, leverage, efficiency, and valuation ratios from your statements. Upload income statements, balance sheets, or cash flow data in CSV, JSON, text, or Excel format, and the skill computes all ratios with interpretations and benchmark comparisons instantly.

Can I analyze financial ratios against industry benchmarks?

Yes. The skill provides industry benchmarking context for each ratio, comparing your company's metrics to standards and delivering actionable insights on how performance stacks against peers in your sector.

What financial ratios does this analyze?

The skill calculates profitability ratios, liquidity ratios, leverage ratios, efficiency ratios, and valuation ratios. You can select specific ratios or run comprehensive analysis across all categories from your financial statements.

How do I track financial ratio trends over time?

Provide historical financial data across multiple periods, and the skill performs trend analysis on your ratios, revealing performance patterns and directional shifts to support longer-term financial assessment.

What file formats does financial ratio analysis support?

The skill accepts CSV, JSON, text, and Excel input formats for financial statements, delivering exportable reports with ratio values, interpretations, and benchmark data in structured outputs.

Can I get a quick financial health assessment before a meeting?

Yes. Submit your latest financial statements and the skill generates a full ratio report with interpretations, industry comparisons, and overall health assessment, enabling rapid investment or lending decisions.