HOW TO ASSESS THE QUALITY OF EARNINGS RATHER THAN
QUANTITY?
Overview
Janet Blair Portfolio manager for a mutual fund
D.C Burke chairman on NEC
NEC Core Business is Manufacture and sales of equipment and appliances for the generation, transmission and utilization and control of electricity.
NEC –Ten years summary
NEC Financial Data
For Example:
Pharmaceutical Company
R&D
R&D
Sister
thus the parent company's biggest expense is now in the income earned column
Small sister
8 ways to measure quality.
1.
Free cash flow
2.
Free cash flow / Stock Price
3.
Profit Margins
4.
Backlog
5.
Receivables
6.
R&D
7.
Marketing
8.
Pension plans
Due Diligence.
Roll up your sleeves and scouring the sheets until you are sure that those main figures are real
Reading the footnotes will provide you with the clues you'll need to track down the truth.
Future Prospects of NEC
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Factors used for my
Assessment
Free Cash Flow
Liquidity and Solvency
Accounting Gimmicks
Contingencies
Free Cash Flow
What is Free Cash Flow?
How it works?
Why it matters?
Video
Free Cash Flow
Definition:
FCF represent the cash that a company is able to generate after laying out the money required to maintain or expand its asset base.
Formula:
FCF = Cash Flow From Operating – Capital Expenditure
Calculation:
Y2002: $ 35,526,000 – 202,414,000 = -166,888,000
Y2001: $ 340,685,000 - 224,721,000 = 115,964,000