1. The following tables show the three chemical companies' performance numbers for the last five years.

Calculate the annual growth percentages for these chemical companies and rate from 1 (poor) to 10 (excellent).

2. An alternative to growth percentages is to set the earliest year as the base year = 100 and calculate the remaining years as percentages. For DuPont, 2012 is set to 100%.

Revenues for 2013 are calculated as (35734 / 34812). Complete the following tables, analyze the trend data and compare it to the growth analysis in Question 1.

3. The following performance information is available for the last five quarters for the three chemical companies (in millions). Complete the common-size and percentage change table.

Does the quarterly analysis indicate any red flags? Explain

DuPont 2013 2015 2014 34812 35734 3472325130 24594 13412 13187 130201004210154 3625 2012 2016 Revenue Gross Profit Net Income 2755 4848 1953 2513 Dow 2013 2014 2015 2016 56786 57080581674877848158 9486 1070311033 10834 4318 2012 Revenue Gross Profit Net Income 8994 1182 4787 3772 7685 PPG 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Revenue Gross Profit Net Income 12686 14265 153601476614751 6569 2102 5087 5951 6560 6688 941 3231 1406 877