_____ compares information contained in a firm’s financial statements over a period of two or more years.…
The three tools of financial statements analysis are Horizontal (trend), Vertical (common size), and Ratio. The first financial statement analysis is horizontal which evaluates the performance of the company from one accounting period to the next. Horizontal analyses’ are conducted to assess any relative changes in different items over a specified time period. It also indicates the trends of revenues, expenses, and other line items of financial statements over the course of time. Another type of financial statement analysis is vertical which expresses all the different financial statements as a percentage of a base amount. The vertical analysis represents what percentage of an account is responsible in the financial statements. When applying this method on the balance sheet, all of the three major categories account; assets, liabilities, and equity are compared to the total assets. The third financial statement analysis is ratio which expresses the relationship among selected items in financial statements. This relationship is expressed in the form of a percentage, rate, or a proportion. External and internal will use this method in order to gauge the growth and or direction the company is going in. Whether it is a good idea in invest money in them or let them borrow money.…
Comparative information must be disclosed with respect to the previous period for all amounts reported in the financial statements.…
The horizontal analysis comparative income statements show a percentage change from doing operation of two companies are Nick Scali and Fantastic Holdings Limited. Gross profits of two companies are increased from year 2009 to 2010 by 34.28% and 5.90% respectively. It can be said that both company had increased in sales while sales of both company were increased by 24.33% for Nick Scali and increased by 4.23% for Fantastic. The increasing from sales has effect directly to cost of goods sold. Increased in sales mean that cost of goods sold also increased. In addition, not only cost of goods sold was increased when sales was increased but also for all of the expenditure in the company were increased as well. Although, the fantastic had profit from doing business but the expenses were sharply increased from year 2009. As a result profit after tax was slightly decreased by 0.35%. In contrast, Nick Scali had a huge amount increased in net profit by 133.65%. Interestingly there was no financial cost for Nick Scali in year 2010. It is mean that Nick Scali did not lend any money from bank in year 2010. Therefore, the financial cost was dropped to 0 or dropped by 100%. In the other hand, financial cost of Fantastic was increased by 6.6%.…
One reason that a common-size statement is a useful tool in financial analysis is that it enables the user to…
Comparative analysis is a method used by investors, is used to identify new trends. The investors take the financial statements of determinate amount of years and consolidate them in one page. The analyst compares balance sheets from at least two successive years and analyses them to see changes in the financial statement.…
There are three types of financial statement analysis; for example, (1) Horizontal Analysis, (2) Vertical Analysis, and (3) Ratio Analysis. First, the horizontal analysis is also known as trend analysis, which views the behavior of an individual financial statement items over several accounting, which may be several quarters within the same fiscal year or several different years; however, the analysis of a given item may focus on absolute dollar amount, according to Edmonds, T.P., Olds, P.R., McNair, F.M., and Tsay. (2010). Moreover, “percentage analysis sidesteps the materiality problems of comparing different size companies by measuring changes in percentages rather than absolute amount; in other words, each change is converted to a percentage of the base year.”( Edmonds et al 2010, p. 326). Second, as Edmonds et al stated, vertical analysis of an income statement also known as a common size statement, involves converting each income statement component to a percentage of sales; however, vertical analysis suggest examining only one period, which is useful to compare common size income statements for several years; which also involves converting each balance sheet component to a percentage of total assets. Third, “ratio analysis involves the study of various relationships between different items reported in a set of financial statement; for example, net earnings reported on the income statement may be compared to total assets reported on the balance sheet; however, analysis calculate many different ratios for a wide variety of purposes.” (Edmonds, et al, 2010).…
The Heart of India is a new quick serve Indian restaurant serving an exceptional experience in fresh authentic Indian food to be located in the Chicago loop near the intersection of Adams and Wabash (See Appendix K). A quick serve Indian food restaurant is a unique concept with an atmosphere of the far-east with the sounds of authentic Indian music bringing flavorful Indian food quickly during lunch and dinner at reasonable prices. The restaurant will serve traditional north Indian (Punjabi) cooking featuring flavorful vegetarian and meat dishes as well as appetizers Indian breads, wraps, Indian desserts, and an Indian burger. Customers will have an option to customize their food with 3 levels of hot spices. Vegetable substitutions will…
The main aim of this assignment is to present an exploration of two major parts of financial statements i.e. Statement of Comprehensive income and statement of financial position. This is done by comparing elements of Balance Sheet and income statement of two separate companies and discussing similarities and difference of Presentation and Disclosures of these two separate organizations.…
To create a common size income statement for Carver Enterprises, we need to express the given…
An Internship Report Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Bachelor of Business Administration…
The company deversified in fertilizing palm oil and coa and they succeed in this new industries with the help from Tun Tan Cheng Lock and other business leaders. They able to produce 50 acres of rubber plantations in the jungle of Malacca where initially they face with rigid opposition…
Assists you to price your goods and services both competitively and strategically. Might give you ideas for new technology and methodology that could be applied within your own organization. Involves a commitment of resource which will have an inherent cost to the business. Flawed analysis of competitors might result in making poor business decisions Too much focus on the activities of competitors might lead a business into becoming reactive instead of proactive, resulting in a lack of innovation and a lack of unique identity in the market The researcher therefore concludes that the man behind Mang Inasal has transformed his one store food chain Iloilo into many branches and made it one of the most prominent fast food chain in the country.…
The Company is one of Malaysia's leading beverage manufacturers and has a comprehensive network to distribute throughout Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah and Sarawak.…
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