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Exercise 1

Requirements:
1. Compute the missing changes in peso amounts and percentages in the above statements.
2. Evaluate the company's short-term financial position, leverage, managerial efficiency and
profitability using the Horizontal Analysis method.
Exercise 2

Requirements:
1. Express all of the asset, liability, and sales in trend percentages. (Show percentages for each
item.) Use Year 1 as the base year, and carry computations to one decimal place.
2. Comment on the result of your analysis.
Exercise 3

The president of ValuePlus, Inc., is very concerned. Sales increased by P2.5 million during 2014, yet the
company's net income increased by only P105,000. Also, the company's operating expenses went up in 2014,
even though a major effort was launched during the year to cut costs.
Requirements:
1. For both 2013 and 2014, prepare the income statement and the statement of financial position in common-
size form. (Round computations to one decimal place.)
2. From your work in (l) above, explain to the president why the increase in profits was so small in 2014.
Were any benefits realized from the company's cost-cutting efforts? Explain

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