Financial Accounting, Student Value Edition (4th Edition)
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Author: Robert Kemp, Jeffrey Waybright
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 12, Problem 13AE
Horizontal analysis (Learning Objective 2) 15-20 min.
Below are net sales and net income data for a five-year period.
| Year 5 | Year 4 | Year 3 | Year 2 | Year 1 | |
| Net Sales................. | $313,700 | $293,300 | $270,300 | $252,500 | $255,000 |
| Net Income............. | 76,200 | 71,100 | 65,300 | 62,100 | 64,000 |
Requirements
- 1. Compute trend percentages for net sales and net income for the five-year period, using year 1 as the base year. Round to the nearest percent.
- 2. Which grew faster during the period: net sales or net income?
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