Several techniques are commonly used as part of financial statement analysis. The three most important techniques are horizontal analysis, vertical analysis and ratio analysis. Horizontal analysis compares data horizontally, analyzing line item values across two or more years. Vertical analysis looks at the vertical effects that line items have on other parts of the business and proportions of the business. Ratio analysis uses important ratio metrics to calculate statistical relationships. Trading company Ikea Hrvatska d.o.o. is recognized as one of the largest retail chains selling furniture in Croatia. Ikea is an international and globally recognizable brand that, by optimizing the functionality of its furniture design in each customer's home, brings favorable and sustainable solutions in the aesthetics and design of the home in which they live. A horizontal analysis of the balance sheet and profit and loss account of the company Ikea Hrvatska showed that the company uses more long-term assets in its operations than short-term ones and that it borrows more in the short-term than in the long-term. In the vertical analysis of the balance sheet and profit and loss account of Ikea Croatia, the dominant share of long-term assets in active and short-term liabilities in the liabilities of the balance sheet, as well as the dominance of business income and expenses in total income, is evident. Analyzing the financial indicators of the company Ikea Hrvatska, it can be concluded that the company made a profit in business in all observed years, so it achieved net earnings in the entire observed period and their profitability.