Company management often analyzes financial statement data to understand how the business is performing relative to where it was historically, and relative to where it wants to go in the future.

Even though the income statement normally attracts the most attention from investors, the balance sheet is the true starting point for understanding a company’s financial position. It shows how much a ...

Common-size financial statements present financial information in terms of percentages instead of dollar values. On a common-size statement, each line item is expressed as a percentage of a reference ...

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