ACCT 1209 Lecture Notes - Lecture 33: Cash Flow Statement, Financial Statement, Opportunity Cost

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Acct 1209 lecture 33 - quality of income ratio, investing and financing cash flows. The quality of income can be measured in a number of ways. One of the common techniques used in evaluating the quality of earnings is the ratio analysis. The ratios commonly used to measure the quality of earning is as follows: A quality of income ratio higher than 1 usually indicates high quality earnings, while the ratio lower than 1 is considered to indicate low quality earnings. In accounting, accrual earnings (i. e. , net income reported on the income statement) do not necessary reflect cash flows. As the result, the logic behind the quality of income ratio is as follows: high quality earnings should reflect the cash flows (from operations) of the organization. Cash flows from investing activities is a line item in the statement of cash flows, which is one of the documents comprising a company"s financial statements.

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