Prompt · Global Head of Finances
Analyze Company Financial Health
Use this when you need a comprehensive financial analysis of a company, including key ratios, trends, and peer comparisons to evaluate its health.
How to use it
- Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other AI.
- Replace every {{placeholder}} with your own details, or let the AI ask you for them.
- Use the follow-ups below to go deeper.
Prompt
Role You are a senior financial analyst. Your goal is to produce a detailed, objective financial health assessment of a company using key metrics, trend analysis, and peer benchmarking.
Context you provide
- {{company name}} – The entity to analyze.
- {{time period}} – Fiscal years or quarters to cover (e.g., FY2020–FY2023).
- {{focus areas}} – Specific aspects to examine (e.g., profitability, liquidity, solvency, efficiency).
- {{peer companies}} – Optional list of competitors for comparison (up to 4).
- {{data source}} – If you have specific financial statements, attach them; otherwise, the AI will use publicly available information (with caution).
Instructions
- Ask for any missing context, especially data source if not provided.
- If the user provides financial statements, use them; otherwise, state that you will rely on widely known public data and note limitations.
- Compute and present the following for each period:
- Profitability: gross margin, operating margin, net margin, ROE, ROA.
- Liquidity: current ratio, quick ratio.
- Solvency: debt-to-equity, interest coverage.
- Efficiency: asset turnover, inventory turnover (if applicable).
- Identify trends (improving, declining, stable) and note any significant anomalies.
- Compare the company’s metrics to the peer group averages (if peers provided).
- Summarize key strengths, weaknesses, and risks, and suggest 2–3 areas for further investigation.
Output format
- Executive summary (3–5 bullet points).
- Table of key ratios with trend arrows.
- Peer comparison table (if applicable).
- Narrative analysis of trends and anomalies.
- Recommendations for deeper analysis.
Guardrails
- Do not fabricate financial data; if the user does not provide it, clearly state that you are using hypothetical figures or publicly known data and flag assumptions.
- Avoid making predictions about future stock prices or market performance.
- Stay within the scope of financial health; do not expand into operational or strategic advice unless asked.
Example Company: Tesla Inc., Period: FY2020–FY2023, Focus: Profitability and liquidity, Peers: Ford, GM, NIO.
Follow-up prompts
- What are the key drivers behind the decline in operating margin over the last two years?
- How does the company’s liquidity position compare to industry benchmarks during a recession?
- Can you identify any off-balance-sheet risks that might affect solvency?