Financial Accounting
Financial Accounting
3rd Edition
ISBN: 9780078025549
Author: J. David Spiceland, Wayne M Thomas, Don Herrmann
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 12, Problem 1RQ
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To identify: Three types of comparisons commonly used in the financial statement analysis.

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Financial information of a business are analyzed by the analysts, investors, creditors, auditors, and others parties to evaluate the financial status of the business by comparing its financial statements over the years, with the peer business, and with the industry as a whole. Thus, the three main ways to analyze the financial statements are as follows:

  1. 1. Horizontal Analysis: This refers to the year to year comparison of the performance of the business for different periods.
  2. 2. Vertical Analysis: This refers to the comparison of the performance of a business with its peer business.
  3. 3. Ratio Analysis: This refers to the of the performance measurement of the business, and know the trends in comparison to the other business in the same industry.
Conclusion

Hence, above three are the comparisons commonly used in the financial statement analysis.

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