Common Size Financial Statements Are Not Useful in Analyzing Companies

question 65

True/False

Common size financial statements are not useful in analyzing companies of different size.Common size analysis provides information by expressing each financial statement amount as a percent of another amount on the same statement.These percentages allow for the comparison of financial statement items between companies of different size.

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Negotiable Note

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