ACG 2071 Chapter 13: Analysis of Financial Statements Created by M. Mari Fall 2011-1 1 Financial Statement Analysis • Applies analytical tools to general purpose financial statements and related data for making business decisions. • Purpose: • Internal users: it provides strategic information to improve company efficiency and effectiveness in proving products and services • External users: rely on financial statement analysis to make better and more informed decisions in pursuing their own goals • Common Goals: • Evaluate company performance and financial conditions • Evaluating past and current performance • Evaluating current financial position • Evaluating future performance and risk Building Blocks of Analysis Horizontal Analysis • Refers to the examination of financial statements across time • Comparative statements facilitates this. • Its shows financial amounts in side-by-side columns on a single statement • Includes: • Dollar change = Current period amount – base period amount • Percent Change = Current period amount – base period amount • Base period amount Liquidity and efficiency Solvency Profitability Market prospects ACG 2071 Chapter 13: Analysis of Financial Statements Created by M. Mari Fall 2011-1 2 Comparison of two years of operations by computing the dollar change and percentage change in the line items. ACG 2071 Chapter 13: Analysis of Financial Statements Created by M. Mari Fall 2011-1 3 Trend Analysis: • Form of horizontal analysis that can reveal patterns in data across successive periods. • It involves computing trend percents for a series of financial numbers and is a variation on the use of percent changes • Trend Percent = Current period amount X 100 • Base period amount ACG 2071 Managerial Accounting Process Costing Systems Minicase Jeffersonian Corporation has been in business for over 50 years. The company is looking to expand operations into the Pacific Rim and would like an analysis of its financial statements to be prepared. Review the financial statements below: Jeffersonian Corporation Comparative Income Statement For years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 2011 2010 Sales $ 2,486,000.00 $ 2,075,000.00 Cost of goods sold $ 1,523,000.00 $ 1,222,000.00 Gross Profit $ 963,000.00 $ 853,000.00 Operating Expenses Salaries Expense $ 145,000.00 $ 100,000.00 Contract Labor Expense $ 240,000.00 $ 280,000.00 Insurance Expense $ 165,000.00 $ 200,000.00 Supplies expense $ 100,000.00 $ 45,000.00 .