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Revenues Assets
T-Shirt sales 10x25 (paid in cash)Cash 275
The amount of T-shirt sales are not fitted with the amount of T-shirt costs
Costs
T-Shirt purchases 5x100
Revenues Assets
T-Shirt sales 500 Cash 275
- Free cash flow (FCF) FCF = CFO - FCInv (đầu tư vào tài sản cố định )
FCFF = FCF + (Int x (1-tax rate)) phải trả tiền trước khi trả lãi
Net Operating
= + Accruals
Income Cash Flow
= +
Relevance of accrual accounting
- Financial performance: Revenue recognition
and expense matching yield an income number
superior to cash flows for evaluating financial
performance.
- Financial condition: Accrual accounting
produces a balance sheet that more accurately
reflects the level of resources availability to the
company to generate future cash flows.
- Predicting future cash flows: accrual income is
a superior predictor of future cash flows than are
Why don't use NI to predict FCF ? Why accrual accounting more revelant
current cash flows than cash basis? why don't use current CF to predict future CF?
Limitations of accrual accounting
- Arbitrary rules
- Estimation errors
- Earnings management
Accounting Analysis
o Accounting analysis is the process of evaluating the
extent to which a company’s accounting numbers
reflect economic reality - evaluating accounting’s
risk and earning quality, estimating earning power,
and making necessary adjustments to financial
statements to both reflect economic reality and assist
in financial analysis.
o Accounting analysis is the process an analyst uses to
identify and assess accounting distortions in a
company’s financial statements. It also includes the
necessary adjustments to financial statements that
reduce the distortions and make the statements
amenable to financial analysis.
Demand for Accounting Analysis
o Reliability vs Relevance
o Earnings Management
Sources of Accounting Distortions
o Accounting Standards – attributed to
1) Accounting principles: the historical cost principle,
inventory rules
2) Conservatism – write down impaired assets