DISCUSSION ASSGN TO COURSE HERO=UNIT 7

Selected a manufacturing company that displays its financial statements.

Perform a trend analysis for the most recent 4 years (the financial statements needed may be available at https://finance.yahoo.com/).

Analyze the trends for 3 line items you believe are most important in evaluating a company for the balance sheet and for the income statement (3 each).

In your initial post, answer the following questions:

What do you observe in the linear trends (i.e., are values increasing or decreasing)?

What are the trends on a common-size basis?

What would be your next steps in completing a thorough analysis of the trends?

In your response to your peers, provide any additional insights you may have based on their analyses.