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Understanding Indian companies
A free course in simple English. It assumes you know nothing about balance sheets or ratios, and builds from there — one idea at a time, worked through on real companies whose filings you can open in another tab.
Start with chapter 15 modules · 17 chapters · 84 minutes of reading
1Module 1
Understanding a Company's Numbers
The three financial statements, in simple English, starting from zero.
5 chapters32 min
2Module 2
Judging a Company
Ratios, valuation and the Health Score — and what each of them cannot tell you.
4 chapters17 min
3Module 3
Who Owns the Company
Promoters, public shareholders, pledged stakes, and how the votes actually go.
3 chapters13 min
4Module 4
IPOs
How a public issue is documented, priced and released from lock-in.
3 chapters13 min
5Module 5
Tax on Your Investments
What you actually keep, once the tax on equity and funds is taken out.
2 chapters9 min
This course is educational.