View Policies Current Attempt in Progress Identify the appropriate basis of comparison-intracompany or intercompany-and better tool of analysis-horizontal or vertical-to use for each of the following financial situations. (a) Analysis of a company's dividend history (b) Comparison of different-sized companies (c) Comparison of gross profit to net sales among competitors (d) Calculation of a company's sales growth over time eTextbook and Media Basis of Tool Comparison of Analysis