Comparative financial statement analysis
Free IMA CMA Part 2 (Strategic Financial Management) lesson in Financial Statement Analysis. 12 min read, ~1,866 words.
Vertical (common-size) analysis scales each income-statement line to net sales = 100% and each balance-sheet line to total assets = 100%. Horizontal analysis computes dollar and percent change across periods using a rolling base (prior year) or a fixed base (index year = 100). Single-period growth = (Current − Base)/Base...
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