2018 COMMON SIZE ANALYSIS: From your COMMON SIZE 2018 worksheet in the CASE STUDY INSTRUCTIONS AND WORKSHEETS-(MBA-10 T4).xlsx fill in the missing common size values for Global Manufacturing, Inc. below and provide a Line-by-Line Analysis of income statement and balance sheet items for 2018 to determine if each statement item is BETTER, SAME AS, or WORSE than the Benchmark firms statement items.

ANSWER FORMAT: Round all of your calculated values to 1 decimal place (e.g., 12.3%). Do NOT include the percent sign in your answer.

ENTER ONLY ANSWERS FOR YEAR 2018

	Global Manufacturing	LINE BY LINE ANALYSIS OF COMMON SIZE INCOME STATEMENT
COMMON SIZE INCOME STATEMENT	2018	BETTER, SAME, WORSE than the Benchmark firm
Total Sales	100.0%
Cost of Goods Sold	%	(Click to select) BETTER SAME AS WORSE
Administrative expenses	%	(Click to select) BETTER SAME AS WORSE
Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation & amortization (EBITDA)	%	(Click to select) BETTER SAME AS WORSE
Depreciation	%	(Click to select) BETTER SAME AS WORSE
Earnings Before Interest & Taxes (EBIT)	%	(Click to select) BETTER SAME AS WORSE
Interest Expense	%	(Click to select) BETTER SAME AS WORSE
Earnings Before Taxes (EBT)	%	(Click to select) BETTER SAME AS WORSE
Net Income	%	(Click to select) BETTER SAME AS WORSE
Dividends	%	(Click to select) BETTER SAME AS WORSE
Addition to Retained Earnings	%	(Click to select) BETTER SAME AS WORSE