Comparing Financial Statements

Procedure

You can view income statements, balance sheets, and ratios for up to three statement periods at one time.

To compare income statements, balance sheets, and ratios from multiple statements:

  1. Select the customer. How?

  2. Select the Financial Analysis tab.
    The Financials screen appears.

  3. Select the check boxes for up to three statements you want to compare.

  4. Click Comparison View.
    The Financial Comparison screen appears.

  5. To hide and show columns:

    1. Select the check boxes in the first row for the columns, and click Hide. You can select the Suffix, %, % Variance, or Portfolio Columns.
      The selected columns no longer appear on the screen.

    2. To show the columns again, click Show All.

From the Financial Comparison screen, you can also:

    • Add Comments for the statement. How?

    • Print the statement. How?

Notes:

    • The % Variance column indicates the percentage of change from the previous statement for each line item. % Variance 1 gives the change between the first and second statements; % Variance 2 gives the percentage of change between the second and third statements.

    • The Global Comparison View button enables subscribers who use custom financial formats to view those formats in the US Long format.

    • To convert the values to a different currency, select the currency in the Currency field and click Calculate.

    • To convert the values to a different currency unit, (for example, thousands of dollars instead of actual dollars), select the unit in the Unit field and click Calculate.

    • To convert the values using a different conversion date, select the date from the Conversion Date pop-up calendar, and click Calculate.