In: Accounting
1. What is a common-size income statement?
2. What is the typical base used in vertical analysis of a balance sheet?
1.)Common size financial statement analysis, which is also called a vertical analysis, is just one technique that financial managers use to analyze their financial statements. It is not another type of income statement but is a tool used to analyze the income statement.Common-size income statement analysis states every line item on the income statement as a percentage of sales. If you have more than one year of financial data, you can compare income statements to see your financial progress. This type of analysis will let you see how revenues and the spending on different types of expenses change from one year to the next.
% of base=(Amount of individual item/Amount of base item)×100
2.) The balance sheet provides essential information about your
company's financial position. The income statement and cash flow
statement provide you with accounting data over a defined period.
But the balance sheet provides you with financial and accounting
data at a specific moment. You conduct vertical analysis on a
balance sheet to determine trends and identify potential
problems.
When we conduct vertical analysis, we analyze each line on a
financial statement as a percentage of another line. Vertical
analysis is therefore a proportional analysis method. On an income
statement you conduct vertical analysis by converting each line
into a percentage of gross revenue. On a balance sheet we would
typically state each line as a percentage of total assets