Analysis of Financial Statements
Analysis of Financial Statements
Analysis of Financial Statements
OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Horizontal analysis
Vertical analysis
Financial ratios
FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS
Horizontal analysis
Also called trend analysis, is a technique for evaluating a series of financial
statement data over a period of time with the purpose of determining the
increase or decrease that has taken place.
Total Assets
The above may be evaluated as follows: The largest component of asset is Equipment at 39.3%.
Cash is the smallest component at 14%. On the other hand, 50% of assets are financed by debt
and the other half is financed by equity.
For the SCI, the base amount is Net Sales.
• Balance of Account / Total Sales.
• This will reveal how “Net Sales” is used up by the various
expenses.
• Net income as a percentage of sales is also known as the net
profit margin.