Using the following information from the vertical, horizontal and ratio analysis answering the following questions: a. What
Question:
Using the following information from the vertical, horizontal and ratio analysis answering the following questions:
a. What trends are present relating to your company's sales, cost of goods sold, and operating expenses over the period studied?b. What explanations can you identify for the trends you identified in 2(a)?
c. Compare your vertical financial statement analysis in 2021 to 2020. What trends are present relating to your company's vertical financial statement analysis?
d. What explanations can you identify for the trends you identified in 2(c)?
e. What trends are present in your ratio analysis?
f. What explanations can you identify for the trends you identified in 2(e)?
g. Compare your ratio analysis to the retail industry ratios provided on Canvas. How does your company compare to the overall retail industry? What explanations exist for your company's differences?
h. If you had the opportunity to request additional information from your company to inform your analysis, what information would you request from them?