Corporate Finance: Core Principles and Applications (Mcgraw-hill Education Series in Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate)
Corporate Finance: Core Principles and Applications (Mcgraw-hill Education Series in Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate)
5th Edition
ISBN: 9781259289903
Author: Stephen A. Ross Franco Modigliani Professor of Financial Economics Professor, Randolph W Westerfield Robert R. Dockson Deans Chair in Bus. Admin., Jeffrey Jaffe, Bradford D Jordan Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
Question
Book Icon
Chapter 2, Problem 10CQ
Summary Introduction

To critically think about: The reason why the stockholders’ may not suffer a loss despite the loss reported in the income statement.

Introduction:

The income statement indicates the performance of an organization for a short period. The net income of the company is positive if the net revenues exceed its expenses. It indicates a profit for the financial period. The net income will be negative if the expenses exceed the revenues. It indicates a loss for the financial period.

Write offs refer to the depreciation charged by the company. Depreciation refers to method of apportioning the cost of the asset over its beneficial life. If the assets are worth nothing in the open market, then the company will write off the complete acquisition cost of the asset. The write off will reduce the net income and can lead to a net loss if the write off is substantial.

Cash flow refers to the difference between the money that actually flows in and out of the company. Cash flow ignores noncash items like depreciation. Depreciation is just an accounting value, and the depreciation expense does not lead to any cash outflow. Hence, the cash flow records only those items that result in cash inflow or cash outflow.

Blurred answer
Knowledge Booster
Background pattern image
Recommended textbooks for you
Text book image
Essentials Of Investments
Finance
ISBN:9781260013924
Author:Bodie, Zvi, Kane, Alex, MARCUS, Alan J.
Publisher:Mcgraw-hill Education,
Text book image
FUNDAMENTALS OF CORPORATE FINANCE
Finance
ISBN:9781260013962
Author:BREALEY
Publisher:RENT MCG
Text book image
Financial Management: Theory & Practice
Finance
ISBN:9781337909730
Author:Brigham
Publisher:Cengage
Text book image
Foundations Of Finance
Finance
ISBN:9780134897264
Author:KEOWN, Arthur J., Martin, John D., PETTY, J. William
Publisher:Pearson,
Text book image
Fundamentals of Financial Management (MindTap Cou...
Finance
ISBN:9781337395250
Author:Eugene F. Brigham, Joel F. Houston
Publisher:Cengage Learning
Text book image
Corporate Finance (The Mcgraw-hill/Irwin Series i...
Finance
ISBN:9780077861759
Author:Stephen A. Ross Franco Modigliani Professor of Financial Economics Professor, Randolph W Westerfield Robert R. Dockson Deans Chair in Bus. Admin., Jeffrey Jaffe, Bradford D Jordan Professor
Publisher:McGraw-Hill Education