Comparative Analysis of Financial Statements PT. Indofood Sukses Makmur Tbk

PT. Indofood Sukses Makmur Tbk is one of the consumer goods companies, the products it produces are easy to sell and quickly run out of the market. The speed with which it makes money, of course, affects the speed at which it makes a profit. In fact, this company has grown into a business giant. This shows that its production turnover is very fast and the company's ability to earn profits is certainly very fast too. However, there must be changes that occur in the financial report posts, either in the activity report or in the statement of financial position, in the form of an increase or decrease. The purpose of this study is to determine changes in financial report posts both horizontally and vertically and the development of company profitability. The data used are secondary data obtained indirectly but through intermediary media. This type of research is descriptive with quantitative analysis techniques, using financial analysis such as horizontal analysis, vertical analysis, and using profitability ratios. Based on the analysis of the profitability ratio at PT Indofood Sukses Makmur Tbk, it is known that the operating income ratio is greater than the net profit margin, which shows that the amount of funds spent on interest and taxes needs to be examined more deeply. The decline in operating ratio from 2017-2019 caused an increase in operating income ratio, this shows that the company's performance is getting better because it can reduce operating costs on sales. In the analysis of the income statement, it can be seen that there is an increase in cost efficiency which causes an increase in the level of sales to increase the value of gross profit due to a decrease in the cost of goods sold