Equity analysis

The Equity Analysis page provides a convenient way to compare the equity owned by a specific company across two different consolidation periods. It allows you to examine and analyze the changes in equity ownership between these periods. This page can help to gain insights into how the ownership stake of a particular company has evolved or fluctuated over time.

To access the Equity Analysis page, click Reports > Drill -Down Analysis > Equity Analysis.

The Equity Analysis page has two main data areas:

  • the top panel containing the equity from the Current Consolidation Period for the selected company.

  • the bottom panel containing the equity from the Reference Consolidation Period for the selected company.

Use the and buttons to navigate across companies.

Justify the equity

  1. In the Company field above the top panel, enter the name of the company or click to search for it. Either way, the company code and description of the company are displayed beside the button.

  2. Click . If available, the lines that contribute to the equity justification are displayed for the Current Consolidation and Reference Consolidation periods. The equity of the Current Consolidation Period is shown without the result of the year, while the equity of the Reference Consolidation Period is shown including the result of the year.

    • For each line, you get the following information: Account, Journal Code, Journal Entry Number, Journal Description and the Amount.

       Note:  For Amount, The debit amounts are presented as positive values, while the credit amounts are presented as negative values.

    • The total for all the lines for the Current Consolidation Period is displayed in the Current field, while that of the Reference Consolidation Period is displayed in the Reference field.

    • The difference between the two consolidation periods is displayed in the Difference field right under the Reference field.

  3. Select the lines you want to analyze in the Current Consolidation and Reference Consolidation periods.

    • For each consolidation period, the total for the selected lines is displayed in their respective Selected Amount fields.

    • The difference between selected lines is displayed in the Difference field, right under the Selected Amount field.

  4. Click to launch the justification process. Lines that require removal are selected in both consolidation periods.

  5. Click to remove the selected lines from the lists. Removing lines do not delete the lines — they are just removed from the overview.

     Note:  If you remove a line by error, you can click at the lower left corner of the page to refresh the page and reinsert those lines you removed.

  6. Repeat steps 3 - 5 for the lines that are left over until they are all justified.

  7. To generate a report, click to go to the Consolidation Reports - Entity page.