The pricing of earnings and cash flows and an affirmation of accrual accounting

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作者：
Penman, Stephen H. [1 ]
Yehuda, Nir [2 ]
机构：
[1] Columbia Univ, Grad Sch Business, New York, NY 10027 USA
[2] Cornell Univ, Johnson Grad Sch Management, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA
来源：
REVIEW OF ACCOUNTING STUDIES | 2009年 / 14卷 / 04期
关键词：
Accruals; Cash flow; Accrual accounting; INCREMENTAL INFORMATION-CONTENT; GROWTH; PERFORMANCE; PERSISTENCE; SECURITIES; COMPONENTS; VALUATION; PROPERTY; RETURNS; INCOME;
D O I：
10.1007/s11142-009-9109-4
中图分类号：
F8 [财政、金融];
学科分类号：
0202 ;
摘要：
Under accrual accounting, earnings add to shareholders' equity. Cash flow generated by a business has no effect on the book value of shareholders' equity but reduces the book value of net assets employed in business operations. In short, accrual accounting rules prescribe that earnings add to shareholder value, but cash flow is irrelevant to the valuation of equity. This paper documents that the stock market prices equity shares according to this prescription. Earnings are priced positively but, given earnings, a dollar more of free cash flow from a business-cash flow from operations minus cash investment-is, on average, associated with approximately a dollar less in the market value of the business and has no association with changes in the market value of the equity claim on the business. Furthermore, controlling for the cash investment component of free cash flow, cash flow from operations also reduces the market value of the business dollar-for-dollar and is unrelated to the changes in market value of the equity.
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页码：453 / 479
页数：27
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