Comparability Standards in Financial Statements Analysis
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What is the purpose of using comparability standards in financial statement analysis?

  • To determine the market share of a company
  • To analyze the social impact of financial activities
  • To identify similarities, differences, and trends in financial statements (correct)
  • To calculate the total assets of an entity
  • Which standard is used to compare the financial statement of an entity with its direct competitor?

  • Intercomparability standard
  • Industry standard
  • Horizontal analysis
  • Intracomparability standard (correct)
  • What does the intercomparability standard indicate when comparing the financial statement of an entity in different periods?

  • The social responsibility initiatives undertaken by the entity
  • The market capitalization of the entity
  • The number of employees in the entity
  • Decreases and increases in certain accounts (correct)
  • Which tool is used to analyze a series of financial statement data over a period of time?

    <p>Horizontal analysis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the industry standard compare the financial statement of an entity with?

    <p>Its industry's standard average</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which standard is used to indicate whether an entity underperformed or overachieved compared to its direct competitor?

    <p>Intracomparability standard</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of vertical analysis?

    <p>To analyze financial statement data in terms of percent of a base amount</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does horizontal analysis do?

    <p>Identifies positive and negative trends in financial data</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In vertical analysis, what does it mean if owner’s equity has a higher percentage part of total assets than the percentage part of liabilities?

    <p>The entity's assets are financed more through equity financing</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the formula for calculating the percentage increase or decrease of financial statement data?

    <p>$Percentage Change = (Current Year Amount - Base Year Amount) / Base Year Amount \times 100$</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What technique is used to express the relationship between selected items in the financial statement?

    <p>Ratio Analysis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which method is used to analyze individual lines of financial statement data to a base line item?

    <p>Vertical Analysis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does it indicate if an entity’s current assets comprise 58.33% of its total assets in a vertical analysis?

    <p>The entity's current assets are well-managed</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of analysis is also called trend analysis?

    <p>Horizontal Analysis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In the computation of percentage change, what amount serves as the basis or the starting point of the comparison?

    <p>$Base year amount$</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which item is used as the base line amount in a vertical analysis?

    <p>Total assets amount from the balance sheet</p> Signup and view all the answers

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