vertical analysis

vertical analysis
The use of one item in *financial statements as a base amount for comparative purposes. For example, if the value of *gross sales in an *income statement is set at 100 percent, the various expenses within the income statement can be expressed as a percentage of gross sales. Compare *horizontal analysis.

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  • Horizontal analysis — The process of dividing each expense item of a given year by the same expense item in the base year. This allows for the exploration of changes in the relative importance of expense items over time and the behavior of expense items as sales… …   Financial and business terms

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