Dedicated Financial Indicator System (D-FIS)

Financial analysis interprets a company's past and present financial health and
predicts its future condition. Although company financial statements contain a wealth
of information to support this analysis, their interpretation may be complicated.
Experts in this field are limited. This research focuses on automating the current
practice of financial ratio analysis to identify the various features that need to be
incorporated into the system. This involves calculating the ratios, establishing the
relationships between the ratios, determining the technique for accurately forecasting
the financial statements and/or ratios, developing heuristics for analyzing the ratios
and providing a system for recommendations. This project focuses on meeting all of
these financial needs. The system is capable of performing five types of analysis:
liquidity, leverage, turnover, profitability, and industry comparison or benchmarking.
The output of the system is a list of conclusions and recommendations based on these
analyses.