FI-094 Individual Activity 1: The Income Statement Scramble
When analyzing an income statement, a business turns its financial numbers into these TNARNIFASICLAOI (Two words, plural)
Financial ratios
A business needs to be able to see how these affect each other and the bottom line GREATEOCSI (One word, plural)
Categories
This helps a business see its strengths and weaknesses in relation to those of its competitors TCTMPEVNLYSOIEASAII (Two words)
Competitive analysis
This element of the income statement includes all direct costs to obtain and produce the goods or services that a business sells OODSLDOSOFTCSOG (Four words)
Cost of goods sold
These people use information from the income statement to determine if the business gets a loan DRCETSOIR (One word, plural)
Creditors
Total profit made before all remaining expenses have been deducted FPSOSTIORGR (Two words)
Gross profit
This summarizes where a business's money came from and where it went ITNNCEOMMEETSAT (Two words)
Income Statement
The calculation used to analyze information from the income statement NMXPNMNCSESIUOESEEI (Three words)
Income minus expenses
Even if a business is earning profit, it needs to know how it is doing according to this DSNDTNSYIURTRDAAS (Two words, plural)
Industry standards
These people look at ratios to monitor business operations GRNSMAEA (One word, plural)
Managers
An element of the income statement that informs the business of just how much money it is making MTNNEOIEC (Two words)
Net Income
The bottom line MCNOITNEE (Two words)
Net Income
Another name for the income statement because it is used to make a variety of business decisions MONPTETASETEARNIGT (Two words)
Operating statement
These people need to know whether the business expects to make a profit and how large the business expects that profit to be VPTNOELTSONSRITEAI (Two words, plural)
Potential Investors
The income left over once all expenses are paid FPTROI (One word)
Profit
The traditional name for an income statement ASMTPROTLSSNTEAEOTIFDN (Four words)
Profit-and-loss statement
Created when one number is divided into another AOIRT (One word)
Ratio
Operating statement
Revenue
This ratio is used to determine revenue over time WGTTAIOLSEROSARH (Three words)
Sales Growth Ratio
These people have part ownership of a business DOSTOHKCLRES (One word, plural)
Stockholders