Company management often analyzes financial statement data to understand how the business is performing relative to where it was historically, and relative to where it wants to go in the future.

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For a book project we are working on we conducted a common size analysis of Total SA’s (TOT) financial statements. We figured it would be something worth passing along here. Total’s common-size ...

Common-size financial statements present financial information in terms of percentages instead of dollar values. On a common-size statement, each line item is expressed as a percentage of a reference ...

A balance sheet is one of the three major financial statements companies issue, and it gives a snapshot of assets, liabilities, and stockholders' equity. Information about a company's common stock is ...

Every publicly traded company issues a series of financial statements at least on a quarterly basis, and the balance sheet is perhaps the statement most indicative of a company’s financial health. A ...

Balance sheets consist of assets, liabilities, and shareholders' equity, revealing financial health. Shareholders' equity equals assets minus liabilities and reflects theoretical investor value if a ...