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Comparative statement data for ABC Company and XYZ Company ispresented below.

    ABCCompany                                      XYZ Company

                                   2018               2017                           2018               2017

NetSales                    $1,570,000                                         $340,000

COGS                          1,080,490                                         238,000

Operating Expenses        302,275                                             79,000

Interest Expense                  6,800                                               1,252

Income tax expense          62,500                                               7,650

Currentassets                325,975     312,410                         83,336         79,467

Plant assets (net)            521,310     500,000                      139,728         125,812

Current liabilities              66,325     75,815                          35,348        30,281

Long-term liabilities        108,500     90,000                            29,620        25,000

Commonstock                500,000     500,000                          120,000      120,000

Retained earnings           172,460     146,595                           38,096       29,998

Prepare a vertical analysis of the 2017 income statement datafor the two companies in columnar form.

Comment on the relative profitability of both companies bycomputing return on assets and return on equity.

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Comparative income statement ABC Company XYZ Company Dollar Dollar Net sales 1570000 100 340000 100 Cost of goods sold 1080490 69 238000 70 Gross profit 489510 31 102000 30 Operating expenses 302275 19 79000 23 Income from operations 187235 12 23000 7 Other expenses    See Answer
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In: AccountingComparative statement data for ABC Company and XYZ Company ispresented below.    ABCCompany                        &nComparative statement data for ABC Company and XYZ Company ispresented below.    ABCCompany                                      XYZ Company                                   2018               2017                           2018               2017NetSales                    $1,570,000                                         $340,000COGS                          1,080,490                                         238,000Operating Expenses        302,275                                             79,000Interest Expense                  6,800                                               1,252Income tax expense          62,500                                               7,650Currentassets                325,975     312,410                         83,336         79,467Plant assets (net)            521,310     500,000                      139,728         125,812Current liabilities              66,325     75,815                          35,348        30,281Long-term liabilities        108,500     90,000                            29,620        25,000Commonstock                500,000     500,000                          120,000      120,000Retained earnings           172,460     146,595                           38,096       29,998Prepare a vertical analysis of the 2017 income statement datafor the two companies in columnar form.Comment on the relative profitability of both companies bycomputing return on assets and return on equity.

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