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title: "Business and Corporate Analysis | Path 9 | RupeeCase Learn"
description: "Business and corporate analysis for investors: competitive moats, earnings quality, capital allocation, debt, management quality and annual reports."
source_url: "https://www.rupeecase.com/learn/path-9/"
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[RupeeCase Learn](/learn/)/Path 09/Intermediate

# Business and Corporate Analysis

    Learn to analyse businesses like a pro, from competitive moats and earnings quality to management assessment and annual reports.

* **7**modules
* **71 min**of reading
* **30**question path test
* **Free**with a certificate

    [Start at 9.1](/learn/path-9/module-9-1-competitive-moats-understanding-durable-advantage)See the stops

      01The line

## 7 stops, in order.

      How to read a business the way an analyst does. Moats, revenue quality, earnings quality, capital allocation, leverage, management, and the annual report that tells you which ones are real.

      **0**of 7 done on this device

1. [9.7Putting It Together, Business Analysis FrameworkA complete checklist to evaluate any business8 min, path test](/learn/path-9/module-9-7-putting-it-together-business-analysis-framework)

2. [9.7Putting It Together, Business Analysis FrameworkA complete checklist to evaluate any business8 min, path test](/learn/path-9/module-9-7-putting-it-together-business-analysis-framework)

3. [9.7Putting It Together, Business Analysis FrameworkA complete checklist to evaluate any business8 min, path test](/learn/path-9/module-9-7-putting-it-together-business-analysis-framework)

4. [9.7Putting It Together, Business Analysis FrameworkA complete checklist to evaluate any business8 min, path test](/learn/path-9/module-9-7-putting-it-together-business-analysis-framework)

5. [9.7Putting It Together, Business Analysis FrameworkA complete checklist to evaluate any business8 min, path test](/learn/path-9/module-9-7-putting-it-together-business-analysis-framework)

6. [9.7Putting It Together, Business Analysis FrameworkA complete checklist to evaluate any business8 min, path test](/learn/path-9/module-9-7-putting-it-together-business-analysis-framework)

7. [9.7Putting It Together, Business Analysis FrameworkA complete checklist to evaluate any business8 min, path test](/learn/path-9/module-9-7-putting-it-together-business-analysis-framework)

    02Outcomes

## What you will be able to do.

* *01*Identify the 4 types of competitive moats and assess their durability
* *02*Distinguish recurring revenue from one-time gains and detect earnings manipulation
* *03*Evaluate capital allocation: reinvestment, dividends, buybacks, M&A
* *04*Build a complete business analysis framework from annual reports

    03Certificate

## Pass the path test.
Keep the proof.

    Complete the 7 module quizzes, then take the 30 question path test at the end of Module 9.7. Pass to earn your certificate as a PNG with your name on it.

1. **3**Get the certificateYour name, the path, the date, an ID and a QR code to verify it; PNG or PDF
2. **3**Get the certificateYour name, the path, the date, an ID and a QR code to verify it; PNG or PDF
3. **3**Get the certificateYour name, the path, the date, an ID and a QR code to verify it; PNG or PDF

    [Jump to the path test](/learn/path-9/module-9-7-putting-it-together-business-analysis-framework#pathTestSection)[About the certificates](/learn/certificates)

    04Questions

## About Path 09.

    How do I analyse a business before investing?Path 9 works through competitive moats, revenue and earnings quality, capital allocation, leverage and debt, management quality and annual reports. Module 9.7 pulls them into a complete checklist for evaluating any business.

What is a competitive moat?A competitive moat is a durable advantage that protects a business. Module 9.1 covers brand, network effects, switching costs and cost advantages.

Do systematic investors need business analysis?Yes. Factor rules rank stocks using data, and business analysis tells you whether that ranking is capturing something real or something transient. Module 9.2 covers earnings quality and Module 9.4 covers debt.

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