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What is cash flow statement?
The cash flow statement is a type of financial statement that shows the total amount of money
coming in and going out. It includes all the cash inflows and cash outflows that is used and paid
for trading operations and finances over a certain time period, as well as all the cash inflow and
outflow that has been paid for continuous progress and for external financing purposes
The cash flow statement is divided into three sections, cash flow from operating activities, cash
flow from investing activities, cash flow from financing activities
The operating activities includes the revenue which is earned from day to day activities of the
business whether from selling goods or providing services
Cash flow statement from operating activities are as follows
Indirect method
Particulars Amount
Trend analysis is defined as “an analysis of trend of the company by comparing its financial
statement to analyse the trend of market or analysis of future on the basis of results of past
performance and it’s an attempt to make the best decision on the basis of results of the
analysis done. Trend analysis is also known as horizontal analysis as well
In above example the base year is 2019 the trend percentage of base year is always hundred.
To calculate the trend percentage of sales the amount of sales of 2021 is divided by the amount
of 2019 which is base year and divided by 100
Let’s discuss with above example the trend analysis of Infosys
Profit and loss of Infosys
Amount in crores Trend percentage
In above profit and loss statement I have calculated trend analysis using base year 2019
For example trend analysis for march 2021 would be 85,912/73,107×100= 108.6847.
In same way I have calculated trend percentage for others
Interpretation
In year 2021 March sale of Infosys has increased by 8.68% and expenses of year 2021 have
decreased by 68.6%. This is best sign for Infosys has their expenses have decreased
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