Sun-Rype Products Ltd's website gives a Five-Year Historical Review, with data for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2007, to December 31, 2011. Portions of the Five-Year Historical Review are reproduced below.

1 The Company adopted International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS") with a transition date of January 1, 2010. Amounts for prior years have not been restated to reflect IFRS and as such certain amounts may not be comparable. An explanation of how the transition to IFRS has affected the financial position, financial performance and cash flows of the Company is included in the notes to the consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2011.
Prospective investors should note that this information has been extracted from Sun-Rype's audited consolidated financial statements and may not give a complete profile of Sun-Rype. This information includes non-IFRS financial measures that do not have a standardized meaning prescribed by IFRS and therefore may not be comparable tosimilar measures presented by other companies. It should be read in conjunction with Management's Discussion and Analysis, as well as the audited consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes for the years, which are available for viewing on the Canadian Securities Administrators' website (www.sedar.com) and on Sun-Rype's website (www.sunrype.com).
Required
1. Using the Five-Year Historical Review, perform a four-year trend analysis of
a. Net sales
b. Net earnings (loss)
c. EBITDA per common share
Start with 2008 and end with 2011; use 2007 as the base year.
2. Evaluate Sun-Rype Products Ltd.'s profitability trend during this four-year period.

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SUN-RYPE PRODUCTS LTD Five-Year Historical Review For the Years Ended December 31 (dollar amounts in thousands except per-share amounts) 2010 2009 Operating Results Net Sales Earnings (loss) before interest, income taxes and 2011 2008 147,529 $138,185 $147,696 $125,368 $135,134 (2,683) 10,326 14,874 (12,780) 11,108 depreciation (CEBITDA Net earnings (loss) Financial Position at December 31 Net Working Capital Total Assets (5,687) 4503 6767 ,673) 4,636 28,084 23,522 0,80 20,709 15,548 96,139 82318 60,986 73,622 56,884 25,562 7,7015,145 27,696 46,379 52,119 35,745 28,978 41,023 Per Share Information Average number of common shares outstanding (000's) 10,808 10,818 10,828 10,828 s (025) s 0.95 137$(1.18) 1.03 0.62 (1.08) 0.94 2.09 (248) Net earnings (loss) Cash flow from operating activities Book value Share price high Share price low (0.53) 0.42 4.94 11.03 8.45