Accruals and the Prediction of Future Cash Flows: evidence from China Background Predicting the company’s future cash flows is of high significance in accounting and finance areas alike‚ due to the fact that the ability of company generating cash flows substantially influences its securities value. For this purpose‚ Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) states that the primary objective of financial reporting is to provide information to help investors‚ creditors‚ and others in assessing
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***************************** SAMPLE PAGES FROM TUTORIAL GUIDE ***************************** Table of contents SECTION 1: OVERVIEW DCF in theory and in practice Unlevered vs. levered DCF SECTION 2: MODELING THE DCF Modeling unlevered free cash flows Discounting to reflect stub year and mid-year adjustment Terminal value using growth in perpetuity approach Terminal value using exit multiple approach Calculating net debt Shares outstanding using the treasury stock method Modeling the weighted
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of Cash flow * Cash flow is more “direct” as “profit” is highly dependent on accounting conventions and concepts/principles * Cash flow reporting satisfies the needs of all users better since cash flow is more direct with its messages. Some of the interested user parties are: * Creditors -repayment of debts‚ overdue accounts * Management -cash flow reporting provides the type of information which decision should be taken re: relevant costs ( decision based on future cash flow)
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CFO>Capex? 4. CFO>Capex + Dividends 5. Excess Cash 6. Source of cash to pay Capex and/or Dividends 7. Were working capital accounts other than cash and cash equivalents primary sources of cash or users of cash? 8.What other major items affected cash flows? 1991 1. Major sources of cash are cash received from customers and proceeds from the issuance of common stock. Major uses of cash are cash paid to suppliers and employees and increase of accounts
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statement and statement of cash flows used to make business decisions? The income statement reflects the company’s financial performance by showing how much money was generated (revenue)‚ how much was spent (expenses)‚ and the difference (profit) between the two over a period of time. It is divided into the operating and non-operating sections. It can also tell how much money shareholders would receive if the company were to distribute all of its net earnings. The cash flow statement provides cumulative
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Sen’s Sensibility: Managing the Cash Flow Ronal Sen was looking at the bank statement for the last quarter. He thought about the effort that he underwent to make those payments referred as withdrawals in the bank statement. He recollected the occasions in which he had to request the vendor to delay the deposit of the cheque given by him as he had insufficient balance in the bank. The company he had founded had outgrown the informal processes that he used to control it. He was interested in getting
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Score for selected take: 40% (4/10) Time spent on selected take: 1. Your answer: Multiple Choice 15-1 Cash inflows from operating activities come from a. payment for raw materials. b. gains on the sale of operating equipment. c. collection of sales revenues. d. issuing capital stock. e. issuing bonds. 2. Your answer: Multiple Choice 15-2 Cash outflows from operating activities come from a. collection of sales revenues. b. payment for operating costs
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from now. If the required return is 9 percent‚ what is the value of the investment? What would the value be if the payments occurred for 40 years? For 75 years? Forever? 2. Calculating Annuity Cash Flows. If you put up $25‚000 today in exchange for a 7.9 percent‚ 12year annuity‚ what will the annual cash flow be? 3. Calculating Perpetuity Values. Dawa Financial is trying to sell you an investment policy that will pay you and your heirs $35‚000 per year forever. If the required rate of return on this
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flowing inside the company. Feedback can have several forms: positive feedback‚ which have motivational purpose‚ negative feedback‚ which have stimulating purpose‚ feedback as a form of instructions etc. In ordinary company these feedbacks are usually flow during round tables and evaluating period. Constructive critics and feedbacks can have big impact on operations and even sales‚ because they can guide person to better way of behavior and better way of doing business. Lots of people are afraid to
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Modèles du Free Cash Flow Thèmes choisis en gestion – États financiers et placements (ADMI 3500) Les exemples sont tirés du livre : Stowe‚ J. D.‚ Robinson‚ T.R.‚ Pinto‚ J. E. et Henry ‚ Equity asset valuation‚ Second Edition‚ 2010‚ CFA Institute Investment Series 2 1. Introduction Les modèles d’évaluation basés sur les flux monétaires actualisées (DCF model) considèrent la valeur intrinsèque d’une action comme étant la valeur actualisée des flux monétaires espérés. Dans ce chapitre
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