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 ...

For a book project we are working on we conducted a common size analysis of Total SA’s (TOT) financial statements. We figured it would be something worth passing along here. Total’s common-size ...

A balance sheet is a versatile document that offers a snapshot of a company's or individual's finances at a given point in time. Businesses can use balance sheets to develop plans for the future and ...

Here is the average common size balance sheet for orthopedic-driven ASCs (facilities with greater than 50 percent of their case volume in orthopedics), according to VMG Health’s 2009 Intellimarker.

Here is the average common size balance sheet for orthopedic-driven ASCs (facilities with greater than 50 percent of their case volume in orthopedics), according to VMG Health’s 2009 Intellimarker.