Managerial Accounting (15th Edition)

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 007802563X
ISBN 13: 978-0-07802-563-1

Chapter 15 - Financial Statement Analysis - Questions - Page 697: 15-1

Answer

Horizontal analysis: the way a particular item on a financial statement behaves over time. Vertical analysis: It consists of analyzing the items which are on an income statement or on a balance sheet for a single period.

Work Step by Step

Horizontal analysis: consists of analyzing elements such as the cost of goods or sales. Vertical analysis - In this situation, all the items are stated as a percentage of the total assets.
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