Andrew Bloomenthal has 20+ years of editorial experience as a financial journalist and as a financial services marketing writer. David Kindness is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and an expert in ...

One of the most effective ways to compare two businesses is to perform a ratio analysis on each company's financial statements. A ratio analysis looks at various numbers in the financial statements ...

Q. I often perform horizontal, vertical, and trend analysis for clients. Each time revised financial statements arrive, I find myself recreating formulas, rechecking ranges, and confirming that ...

Financial statements include a balance sheet and an income statement, commonly referred to as a profit and loss statement. The balance sheet presents a company's assets, liabilities and equity as of a ...

Q. I read the JofA article last month about performing horizontal, vertical, and trend analyses in Excel. How can Excel be used to organize these analyses and highlight possible red flags in a company ...