Vertical Analysis

question 28

Multiple Choice

Vertical analysis

• A) is a technique for evaluating a series of financial statement data over a period of time to determine the increase (decrease) that has taken place.
• B) expresses each item in a financial statement as a percent of a base amount.
• C) makes it more difficult to compare different companies.
• D) is also called trend analysis.

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