If a company is public, current & potential shareholder's will utilize accounting information. Auditors and the SEC review the books as well. The financial statements gives a snapshot of the condiditon of a company.
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Three external users of a company's accounting information would be the Internal Revenue Service, a bank, and a share holder of stock. The Internal Revenue Service is going to want to know how much is earned and how much is spent. The bank might want to know how solvent the company is. A share holder is going to want to know how much they might earn in dividends for a given period.
Accounting information external users are:
1 - Financial institutions: they are interested in information so that they can invest in company to earn profit
2 - General public: Public is also interested to find out how business is performing so that they also can buy shares.
3 - Creditors: Creditors are interested in financial information before granting credit to company whether company able to return at time of maturity or not.