A balance sheet is a statement of your business' worth, and while these numbers change on a daily basis, it’s important that every small business owner knows and understands them.

Written by How to Calculate Earnings Per Share on a Balance Sheet for The Motley Fool -> For example, if a company earned $10 million in 2000 and $20 million in 2010, it may appear that ...

Learn how to build a balance sheet to assess your liabilities, assets and equity, and better understand your financial picture.

How to Calculate Dividends (With or Without a Balance Sheet) You can find most companies' dividends without having to calculate them, but you'll be a better investor if you understand how to do it ...

To figure out where you stand financially, you need to know your net worth — and yet that number is surprisingly difficult to calculate, writes Jonathan Clements.

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How to Open a Balance Sheet When Purchasing a Business. It is important to remember that when you purchase a new business, you purchase its total liabilities as well as its assets.

Using these ratios requires knowing how to calculate cash levels from the balance sheet when necessary. First, find the non-cash items in the current assets section of the balance sheet.

Here's how to calculate that number from the company's balance sheet. Calculating dividend payments from a company's balance sheet is rather easy.

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The article How to calculate conditional subtotals in an Excel revenue sheet uses simple expressions, a function, and a conditional format to display a daily balance in a revenue sheet.