Describe the accounting tools used to analyze financial statement data.

Perform a horizontal analysis on the Income Statement of Apple in USA and Unilever in Nigeria. Be sure to include all line items.

Calculate the following five ratios for your chosen companies: Current Ratio, Net Profit Ratio, Return on Assets, Inventory Turnover and Gross profit Ratio

Following the analysis, describe how an internal or external user of the analysis could identify if the companies were succeeding or no