Cash Flows at Amazon.com

2012 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 353-374 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard A. Price III
Keyword(s):  
Cash Flow ◽  
Initial Public Offering ◽  
Direct Method ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Cash Flows ◽  
The Other ◽  
Cash Flow Statement ◽  
Public Offering ◽  
A Direct Method ◽  
Over Time

ABSTRACT: This instructional case illustrates how Amazon.com's strategy has evolved over time and how these characteristics are reflected in the financial statements. A particular emphasis is placed on the cash flow statement. Students evaluate the cash flow statement and examine its articulation with the other financial statements. Students create a direct method cash flow statement in the year of Amazon.com's initial public offering using the information available in the financial statements.

Arborista, Inc.: An Instructional Resource Case

2013 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 681-690 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc P. Picconi ◽  
Kimberly J. Smith ◽  
Alexander Woods
Keyword(s):  
Cash Flow ◽  
Direct Method ◽  
Cash Flows ◽  
Integrated System ◽  
Net Income ◽  
Managerial Accounting ◽  
Early Integration ◽  
Operating Cash Flows ◽  
Cash Flow Statement ◽  
Statement Of Cash Flows

ABSTRACT: This deceptively simple case is intended for use as early as the first day of an M.B.A. core accounting course or as a focused review for an undergraduate accounting course. It achieves three primary objectives: accelerating student learning about the statement of cash flows, emphasizing the importance of both the cash flow statement and the income statement in valuation and capital markets, and introducing the three primary financial statements as an integrated system. The case also features the use of the direct method of presenting operating cash flows, both as a pedagogical tool and to allow interested instructors to increase their focus on that method. We have found that students benefit from the early integration of the cash flow statement, as well as the ability to clearly understand how operating cash flows are similar to—and different from—net income. Finally, the case provides an optional managerial accounting module for instructors who teach a course that integrates financial and managerial accounting.

Voluntary Income Reporting

2014 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 277-295
Author(s):  
Philip Beaulieu
Keyword(s):  
Cash Flow ◽  
Value Relevance ◽  
Direct Method ◽  
Cash Flows ◽  
Information Value ◽  
Fund Flows ◽  
Litigation Risk ◽  
Significant Information ◽  
Income Reporting ◽  
Cash Flow Statement

SYNOPSIS This paper proposes a voluntary income-reporting regime, in which firms could choose whether to publish an income statement. Firms choosing not to issue it would report fund flows in a cash flow statement employing the direct method, similar to the cash flow statement advocated by Ohlson et al. (2010). Voluntary income reporting is motivated by managers' numerous motives to manipulate earnings, recent research challenging the value relevance of earnings compared to cash flows, and costs of auditing income, including litigation risk. Another motivation for voluntary income reporting is rising investor dissatisfaction with reported earnings, but unlike many critics in the investing community, the paper does not claim that earnings do not have significant information value. Rather, given recent developments, it is worth reconsidering whether the benefits of reporting accrual earnings exceed the costs for all firms.

scholarly journals The impact of cash flow statement components on stock volatility: Evidence from Qatar

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 365-373
Author(s):  
Mo’taz Kamel Al Zobi ◽  
Othman Hel Al-Dhaimesh
Keyword(s):  
Stock Returns ◽  
Cash Flow ◽  
Stock Prices ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Cash Flows ◽  
Significant Information ◽  
Stock Volatility ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Cash Flow Statement ◽  
The Impact

The published financial statements are considered one of the most important sources of information that investors rely on in forecasting stock performance or even judging the organization’s ability to cover short-run liabilities. Cash flows play a core role in maintaining a high market value for its shares. Hence, this study came to analyze the explanatory value of the cash flow statement in explaining stock volatility (SV) in the Qatar financial market. Study data were collected using published financial statements from a sample of 44 Qatari-listed companies throughout 2013–2019. A panel cross-sectional data technique using the E-views program was used to analyze the data. The study results show there is a positive and significant impact of cash flows from operating CFO activities on SV, indicating that the higher change in CFO increases stock volatility. This means that operating cash flows give significant information to investors, and it is reflected in the stock price movements directly. Also, the cash flow from CFF financing activities has a positive and significant effect on SV. This means that CFF affects stock prices, causing greater changes and fluctuation in stock returns. This is because one of the major components of CFF is dividends, which affect directly stock prices and stock returns. In contrast, there is an insignificant effect of CFI on SV, which may indicate that investors do not build their investment decisions based on CFI. Accordingly, the cash flow from investing activities failed to explain the stock volatility of the listed Qatari companies.

scholarly journals ANALISIS KINERJA PERUSAHAAN BERDASARKAN LAPORAN ARUS KAS PADA PT INDOMOBIL SUKSES INTERNASIONAL TBK

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 63-76
Author(s):  
Arief Tri Hardiyanto ◽  
Stefan Michael Benyamin Bertus
Keyword(s):  
Cash Flow ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Cash Flows ◽  
Company Performance ◽  
Financial Condition ◽  
Negative Results ◽  
Cash Flow Statement ◽  
Supporting Device ◽  
Operating Activities

This research discusses the role of the analysis of the cash flow statement as supporting the evaluation of company performance based on cash flow ratio, so that it can be seen in the company's ability to manage cash, either in operating activities, investing activities, and financing activities. The analysis is expected to be useful as a supporting device in the decision making process for users of financial statements for both internal and external parties. Based on the analysis of the cash flow pattern, it can be seen operating activities resulted in net cash the company is negative. Thus the financial condition of PT Indomobil Sukses Internasional Tbk is not good. Cash flows from investing activities yielded negative results, thus the financial condition of PT Indomobil Sukses Internasional Tbk is both a financing cash flow generating net amount of cash flow that is positive. The third explanation pattern of cash flow, it can be concluded that the financial condition of PT Indomobil Sukses Internasional Tbk generally in poor condition. Then, based on the analysis of the cash flow statement, author obtained information that the company has liquidity and solvency levels that are less good. The capital structure of the company has not been sufficiently effective and efficient.Keywords: Analysis of Cash Flow Statement

Minority Interest in the Consolidated Retained Earnings Statement

2001 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hugo Nurnberg
Keyword(s):  
Cash Flow ◽  
Balance Sheet ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Cash Flows ◽  
Parent Company ◽  
Consolidated Financial Statements ◽  
Entity Theory ◽  
Income Statement ◽  
Cash Flow Statement ◽  
Retained Earnings

Consolidated financial statements purport to report income, financial position, and cash flows of a parent company and its subsidiaries as if the group were a single company with one or more branches or divisions. Under the parent company theory, the consolidated entity perspective assumed in the consolidated income statement, the consolidated balance sheet, and the consolidated retained earnings statement differs from the consolidated entity perspective assumed in the consolidated cash flow statement. Even under extant expositions of the entity theory, the consolidated entity perspective assumed in the consolidated income statement, the consolidated balance sheet, and the consolidated cash flow statement differs from the consolidated entity perspective assumed in the consolidated retained earnings statement. This paper develops a consistent consolidated entity perspective for all four consolidated financial statements. It demonstrates that under the entity theory, consolidated retained earnings includes the separate equities of both the parent company stockholders and the minority interest. As such, both elements of retained earnings should be reported in the consolidated retained earnings statement to make it comparable to the consolidated retained earnings statement of companies without subsidiaries or with only wholly owned subsidiaries. The effect on certain financial ratios of public companies may be substantial. The paper also demonstrates that for purchased subsidiaries, minority interest in consolidated retained earnings includes unamortized write-ups of identifiable net assets and goodwill arising from purchase-type business combinations.

scholarly journals A Brief Overview of the IPO Valuation Methods

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (12) ◽  
pp. 41
Author(s):  
Olga Ferraro
Keyword(s):  
Cash Flow ◽  
Initial Public Offering ◽  
Professional Practice ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Economic Value Added ◽  
Discounted Cash Flow ◽  
Business Valuation ◽  
Valuation Methods ◽  
Public Offering

The method adopted for pricing in an Initial Public Offering is a key issue in the studies on business valuation. In particular, various researches sought to verify which valuation methodologies are preferable in the context of an initial public offering. The review of the main literature shows that Discounted Cash Flow, Market Multiples, Dividend Discount Model and, even if just to some degree, Economic Value Added are the most popular methodologies in the valuation practice. The comparison among different valuation methods, proposed in the literature and variously applied in national and international practices, reveals the necessity to pay more attention to valuation mechanisms that drive the pricing of the shares to be listed. The topic is linked to the ever more pertinent debate on the use of different methods in professional practice: financial experts and analysts tend, in fact, to compare results according to different estimates.

scholarly journals PENERAPAN PSAK NO. 2 TENTANG LAPORAN ARUS KAS DALAM PENGAMBILAN KEPUTUSAN PADA PERUM BULOG DIRVE SULUT DAN GORONTALO

2015 ◽  
Vol 13 (03) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fanesa Isalia Minanda Syaefudin ◽  
Jenny Morasa ◽  
Stanly Alexander
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Cash Flow ◽  
Balance Sheet ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Operating Cash Flow ◽  
Cash Flow Statement ◽  
Quantitative Descriptive ◽  
One Year ◽  
Finance Department ◽  
Real State

In the company’s Financial Statements is a means of consideration in decision making so that, componentsin the financial statements must betrue and correct. In thedecision making companies should use the cash Flow Statement because sometimes the income and balance sheet does not show the real state of corporate finance. The purposeof this study to determine the application of the Cash Flow Statement in accordance with SFAS No. 2 in corporate decision. This type of research is quantitative descriptive. The results showed, net cash provided by the company during the year has decreased compared to the previous year. This study uses the ratio analysisin corporate decision making. The Ratio of Operating Cash Flow to Total Liabilities can be used as basis for decision making in the company repay its total Liability for one year of operation. The Ratio of Cash Flow to Current Liabilities can be used as the basis of the decision making companies when measuring the company’s ability to pay Current Liabilities by Net Operating Cash Flow. The Ratio of Cash Flow to Sales companies measure the company’s ability to measure the company’s ability to obtain cash from to sale. Leaders should Perum Bulog particularly the finance department needs to implement the Cash Flow Statement as the basis of its analysis so that can know the financial situation and can be used as a basis for decision making of the company.

Usefulness of Accounting Estimates

2016 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 123-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Li Eng ◽  
Thanyaluk Vichitsarawong
Keyword(s):  
Cash Flow ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Abnormal Returns ◽  
Cash Flows ◽  
Recent Period ◽  
Future Earnings ◽  
China And India ◽  
Accounting Estimates ◽  
Out Of Sample ◽  
Over Time

This is an exploratory study to examine the quality or usefulness of accounting estimates of companies in China and India over time. Specifically, we examine how well the accounting estimates are able to predict future earnings and cash flows during the period 2003-2013. The results for India indicate that the out-of-sample earnings and cash flow predictions derived are more accurate and more efficient in the more recent period (2010-2013) than the earlier period (2003-2006). In contrast, the out-of-sample earnings and cash flow predictions for China are generally more biased, less accurate, and less efficient. The results indicate abnormal returns earned on hedge portfolios formed on earnings (cash flow) predictions for India in the recent period. In contrast, none of the portfolios for China earn positive returns. The results suggest that the accounting estimates in India in recent years have become better predictors of future earnings and cash flow than accounting estimates in the earlier period. However, the accounting estimates in China are not relevant for predicting earnings and cash flows over the years in the sample period.

Flow Measurement to a Kaplan Turbine Using a Direct Method and an Indirect One

2016 ◽  
Vol 823 ◽  
pp. 361-366
Author(s):  
Ana Maria Budai ◽  
Adrian Cuzmos ◽  
Cristian Fanica ◽  
Damaschin Pepa ◽  
Cosmin Ursoniu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Direct Measurement ◽  
Flow Rate ◽  
Flow Measurement ◽  
Indirect Method ◽  
Direct Method ◽  
The Other ◽  
Hydropower Plant ◽  
Kaplan Turbine ◽  
A Direct Method

The paper present two different methods for measuring flow in hydropower, one direct and one indirect method. The study consists in comparing the results obtained by measurements made by both methods in a Romanian hydropower plant. The indirect method used is the Winter-Kennedy method. The other method involves direct measurement of the flow rate of water using a specialized outfit in this.

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