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Transcribed Image Text:A condensed income statement for Trident Shipping and a partially completed vertical analysis are presented below.
Required:
1. Complete the vertical analysis by computing each missing line item as a percentage of sales revenues.
2. Does Trident's Cost of Goods sold for the current year, as a percentage of revenues, represent better or worse performance as
compared to that for the previous year?
3. Has Trident"s net profit margin increased, or decreased, over the two years?
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Required 3
Complete the vertical analysis by computing each missing line item as a percentage of sales revenues. (Round your answers to
the nearest whole percent.)
TRIDENT SHIPPING
Income Statement (summarized)
(in millions of U.S. dollars)
Current Year
Previous Year
Sales Revenues
$ 2,060
100
%
$ 2,455
100
%
Cost of Goods Sold
1,537
75
%
1,821
%
Selling, General, and Administrative Expenses
433
446
18
%
Other Operating Expenses
43
%
15
1
%
Interest Expense
12
1 O%
16
1
%
Income before Income Tax Expense
35
2
157
Income Tax Expense
5
%
24
1
%
Net Income
$
30
2 O%
133
%
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