Even if a company is profitable, it doesn’t always mean it’s a great investment. Some struggle to maintain growth, face looming threats, or fail to reinvest wisely, limiting their future potential.

The GAAP approves four different methods for depreciating business assets: the straight-line method, the units of production method, the declining balance method and the sum-of-the-year's-digits ...

Following Google's lead, Facebook is making a significant change in how it talks about its financial health with investors. Facebook will, for the most part, only report numbers that come from ...

Customized accounting figures are getting a lot of heat from regulators, but spotting them may be the biggest challenge. U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) lay out the rules for how ...