ACC10007 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Gross Profit, Asset Turnover, Asset
Lecture 6 Accounting For Decision Making
Stakeholders of a business
Analytical methods of key
financial statements Data
•Common size analysis
•Horizontal analysis
•Vertical analysis
•Trend analysis
•Ratio analysis
Common Size Analysis
Common size analysis is the restatement of financial statement information in a
standardized form.
Horizontal analysis uses the amounts in accounts in a specified year as the base,
and subsequent years’ amounts are stated as a percentage of the base value.
Useful when comparing growth of different accounts over time.
Vertical common-size analysis uses the aggregate value in a financial statement
for a given year as the base, and each account’s amount is restated as a
percentage of the aggregate.
Balance sheet: Aggregate amount is total assets.
Income statement: Aggregate amount is revenues or sales.
Consider the below data
Create the vertical common-size analysis for the CS Company’s assets.
Create the horizontal common-size analysis for CS Company’s assets, using 2008 as
the base year.
Vertical Analysis
Horizontal Common-size Analysis
Trend Analysis
•Tries to predict the future direction of various items on the basis of the direction of
the items in the past
•To calculate a trend, it is necessary to have at least three years of data
•Examines changes, movements and patterns in data over a number of time
periods
Example:
JBhifi
In this graph 2010 is used as a base year, with subsequent figures expressed relative to
it.
Ratio Analysis
Ratio analysis provides a quick means of examining the financial health of a business.
This nature of analyses express the relationship between values within or between the
financial statements.
Ratios facilitate comparison of:
One company over time
One company versus other companies
Ratios are used by:
Lenders to determine creditworthiness
Stockholders to estimate future cash flows and risk
Managers to identify areas of weakness and strength
Document Summary
Nancial statements data: common size analysis, horizontal analysis, vertical analysis, trend analysis, ratio analysis. Common size analysis is the restatement of nancial statement information in a standardized form. Horizontal analysis uses the amounts in accounts in a speci ed year as the base, and subsequent years" amounts are stated as a percentage of the base value. Useful when comparing growth of different accounts over time. Vertical common-size analysis uses the aggregate value in a nancial statement for a given year as the base, and each account"s amount is restated as a percentage of the aggregate. Income statement: aggregate amount is revenues or sales. Create the vertical common-size analysis for the cs company"s assets. Create the horizontal common-size analysis for cs company"s assets, using 2008 as the base year. In this graph 2010 is used as a base year, with subsequent figures expressed relative to it. Ratio analysis provides a quick means of examining the nancial health of a business.