Abstract: Cash flow statement is an important document that gives quick and ready information regarding the cash flow analysis of a company. It is a statement depicting change in cash and cash equivalents position during a period. TATA Motors is an Indian Multinational automotive company. It is the world’s fifth largest motor vehicle manufacturing company, fourth largest truck manufacturing company and also the second largest bus manufacturing company by volume. Recently, the concern has reported fluctuating turnover for last five years in its annual reports. Hence, it is necessary to judge the sufficiency of the cash position to support the success story of the company. This study is based on financial figures disclosed by company in five …show more content…
LITERATURE REVIEW
a) Cash Flow Statement Analysis
Cash Flow Statement provides information about the cash receipts and payments of an enterprise for a given period. It provides significant information that compliments the profit and loss account and balance sheet. A Cash Flow Statement is a statement which provides a detailed explanation for the change in a firm’s cash during a particular period by indicating the firm’s sources and uses of cash during that period. Cash Flow Statement classifies cash flow during the period from operating, investing and financing activities.
b) Cash Flow from Operating Activities:
Cash Flows from operating activities are primarily derived from the principal revenue producing activities of the enterprise. Therefore, they generally result from the transactions and other events into the determination of net profit or loss.
c) Cash Flow from Investing
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• To measure the weight of such sources and uses of cash against cash profit position of the firm.
• To identify the strength and weakness in cash flow position of the firm.
IV. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY:
• Research Type: It is an analytical research based on the secondary data. It investigates the financial figures of the concern using theoretical framework of cash flow statement analysis. Figures of cash flow statement of 5 years i.e. 2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15 and 2015-16 is analyzed to identify strength and weakness in cash flow of the business.
• Type of Data: Secondary Data
Secondary data involves figures denoted regarding cash inflow and cash outflow in cash flow statement reported in annual reports of Tata Motors for five years. Also some important information is collected by various sources of secondary data such as books, websites and official release of business firm.
• Analysis tools and techniques:
Figures are analyzed using basic mathematical tools like average and percentage etc. and it is interpreted using various kinds of charts and graphs.
V. DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION.
1. Analysis of Revenue:
Table 1: Net Revenue in
The statement of cash flow shows the amount of increase or decrease in cash that the company has on hand every quarter. This statement reports what a company pays out each quarter. Most of the time when a company has a major contract the money won’t be received until a later date.
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The cash flow statement on p74 is a summary of all the transactions that affected the cash account for the year. The cash flow statement helps to predict future cash flows. It helps to evaluate management decisions. Wise decisions lead to profits and strong cash flows, and vice versa. The investment activities show what investments the company is making. Cash flow statements also determine the company’s ability to pay dividends and debts. From the
The cash flow statement shows the amount of cash within a company. Items that affect the cash balance are listed on the statement. The first section of the cash flow statement is operating activities, which shows the cash flowing in and out of the company in relation to its business operation. The operating activities section also includes net income and the change in dollars of certain accounts listed on the balance sheet. The next section, investing activities, shows cash the company received and spent on a company's capital investments. The financing activities section shows the inflows and outflows of cash related to the company’s issued financial securities, which is also listed on the balance sheet and statement of shareholders' equity.
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The statement of cash flows reports the cash receipts, cash payments, and net change in cash resulting from the operating, investing, and financing activities of a company during a period in a format that reconciles the beginning and ending cash balances
Cash flow from operations is a key indicator of a company’s financial health, because without the ability
The cash flow statement consists of three parts: cash flows provided by operating activities of $13,831, cash flows provided by investing activities, and cash flows provided by financing activities effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents of ($204)
2. The single most important assessment in Cash Flows in the “cash flow from financial operations” because it provides an overlook on management’s operating decisions. In this case, we can see that Reebok had reported positive cash flows from operations, for example in 1990 reported $39.2M while LA Gear reported a negative (40M) the same year. Looking closely, we can see that LA Gear was retaining huge quantities of inventory while at the same time, not collecting enough money from customers (A/R). Hence we can conclude that for Reebok, operations was a source of cash but on the other hand, LA Gear was quite the opposite: operations was a use (or drain) of cash. Turning our attention to “cash flows from financing activities” we can see that more differences. Reebok is borrowing little money, instead it is paying loans. LA Gear is borrowing huge quantities of money, for example in 1990 it borrowed $56M. As a result of this, we can see where the money to finance
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Abstract : Analysis of financial statement of a company is an important because it is useful to obtain Information
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