The role of cash flow information in discriminating between bankrupt and non-bankrupt companies remains a contentious issue. In a number of literature reviews on bankruptcy prediction (e.g. Zavgren‚ 1983; Jones‚ 1987; Neill et al. 1991; Watson‚ 1996) the common view is that cash flow information does not contain significant incremental information content over accrual information in discriminating between bankrupt and non-bankrupt firms. (Divesh S. Sharma‚ Senior Lecturer‚ School of Accounting‚ Banking
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minutes‚ 54 seconds 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
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Dubois Radu Oprea December 19th‚ 2009 Contents Objectives 1 Management Summary 1 Financial Health 1 Financial Forecast for 2002 and 2003 3 Key Driver Assumptions 5 Star River WACC 5 Free Cash Flows of the Packaging Machine Investment 7 Appendices 7 i. Objectives This report seeks to answer the following five questions about Star River Electronics Ltd.: 1. Assess the current financial health and recent financial performance of the company. What strengths and/or weaknesses would
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stanAccounting Standard (AS) 3 (revised 1997) Cash Flow Statements Contents OBJECTIVE SCOPE BENEFITS OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION DEFINITIONS Cash and Cash Equivalents PRESENTATION OF A CASH FLOW STATEMENT Operating Activities Investing Activities Financing Activities REPORTING CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES REPORTING CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES REPORTING CASH FLOWS ON A NET BASIS FOREIGN CURRENCY CASH FLOWS EXTRAORDINARY ITEMS INTEREST AND DIVIDENDS TAXES ON INCOME
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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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that lived through the Great Depression. Regardless of the industry‚ currency is in short supply. Capital‚ worth‚ and the company’s value‚ is the challenge. Cash flow is extremely important for administrators at this perplexing time in history; alterations to this cash flow issue require a inflexible level of explanation‚ especially as the cash amount of the adaptation increases. This brutal state of mind is in conflict with the understanding that coincides with decisions made in the current health
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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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C) What do you think is the real cause for the cash flow problem at cyclone? What actions can be taken to improve the situation? Comment on Rangi’s management of the factory. The real causes for the cash flow problem at cyclone are: • No perfect planning to distribute goods /provisions • Failure to establish human resource strategies. • Misusage of wealth during the cyclone • Negligence & irresponsibility of top level management. • Unsatisfactory workplace. Remedies to be done for improvement of
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1 – Methodological Approach In this case‚ American CC – the intended acquirer of AirThread Connections- will use leveraged buyout (LBO) model‚ which means the company will finance the acquisition through bank loan or some other borrowing methods. Hence‚ the debt-to-equity ratio will change in time. Since we will need to estimate the discount rate any time the capital structure changes‚ neither WACC nor APV would be reliable alone. Therefore‚ Ms. Zhang should use the combination of WACC and APV
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Unlevered cost of equity rsu = rf + RPm (bu) = 7.2% + 4%(.839) = 10.56% Operating cash flow using base case projections: 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 Cash Flow 7‚772 9‚233 9‚807 10‚292 10‚513 Interest Expenses 3‚587 3‚042 2‚324 1‚507 599 Interest * Tax rate 1255.45 1064.7 813.4 527.45 209.65 TV1999 = 10513 + (10513*1.02)/(10.56%-2% ) = $135.81 Million Vunlevered = Net present value of future operating cash flow = $ 110.9 million. The firm cost of debt: Rd = 9% + 1.5% = 10.5% V taxshield=
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