# Trend

Small bars, one per fiscal year, drawn like the main table's trend bars.

## Definition

The Trend column draws the row's measure for every fiscal year the data has, up to eleven years (ten yearly steps; the Reinvestment table shows the last ten), oldest on the left. Each bar is up or down against the one before it (the first is grey), negative years are drawn below a centre line and a missing year is a gap. Every row has its own scale, so compare the shape of a row, not heights down the column. Reinvestment bars show each year's own level (the rate, the return on capital in use, and that less the hurdle) and are capped at 200%.

## Why it matters

A single year can mislead. The bars show whether the latest figure is typical or a break from the past.

## How Standard Equity uses it

In the Driver tables the bars are the segment's share; in Reinvestment they repeat the row's measure year by year. A dash means the figure is not available; n/m means it exists but would not be meaningful.

## The metric

| Category | Breakdown Tables |
| -------- | ---------------- |
| Unit     | bars             |

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