Comparative Income Statement: The Income statement discloses net profit or Net Loss on account of operations. A comparative Income Statement will show the absolute figures for two or more periods, the absolute change from one period to another and if desired the change in terms of percentages. Since, the figures for two or more period are shown side by side, the reader can quickly ascertain whether sales have increased or decreased, whether cost of sales has increased or decreased etc. Thus, only a reading of data included in Comparative Income Statements will be helpful in deriving meaningful conclusions.
Comparative Balance Sheet: Comparative Balance Sheet as on two or more different dates can be used for comparing assets and liabilities and finding out any increase or decrease in those items. Thus, while in a single Balance Sheet the emphasis is on persent position, it is on change in the comparative Balance Sheet. Such a Balance sheet is very useful in studying the trends in an enterprise.
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