By Jay B. Abrams
ISBN-10: 0470390166
ISBN-13: 9780470390160
Abrams provides a major portion of rigor that's sorely missing between so much valuation pros.
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Business appraisers spend a significant part of their careers forecasting cash flows. The objective of this chapter is to improve your understanding of the statement of cash flows and its interrelationship with the balance sheet and the income statement. Hopefully, appraisers who read this chapter will be able to better understand the cash flow logic and to distinguish true cash flows from shortcut approximations thereof. 2 We use the terms wages and salaries as synonymous and interchangeable. 11 Cash Flow To achieve this result, this chapter provides a mathematical derivation of the cash flow statement using the indirect method.
When using the indirect method, we subtract increases (add decreases) in these accounts from net income to arrive at net cash provided by operating activities. Likewise, we treat accounts payable, short-term notes payable, and accrued expenses in the same way as current liabilities when using the indirect method. We add increases (subtract decreases) in these accounts to net income to arrive at net cash provided by operating activities. 16 The second row is – CAPEXP + SALESFA, and the third row is LTD + SALSTK – TRSTK + AET .
2) for the definition of cash flow. 9) are computationally intensive, as they require forecasting capital expenditures, depreciation, and the increase in required net working capital. This gives rise to the need for easier equations to use. Thus, the second goal is to develop an accurate formula to estimate the payout ratio. Payout Ratios—Exact Equations In this series of equations, we develop an exact formula for the payout ratio. 3) is the definition of the payout ratio: CF = NI × POR. 3) are equal, their right-hand sides also must be equal.
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