Accounting: Income Statement 
and Statement of cash flows 
By Cameron Fen
Income Statement 
• Income Statement includes Revenues, 
Expenses and Profit 
• We also like to talk about margins which is 
usually a percentage of revenue 
– Ex net profit margins = net profit/revenue 
• As an investor we don’t just look at this years 
earnings, look at the long term earnings trend 
as well as average earnings
Revenue and Cost of Goods Sold 
• Revenue is the total amount of sales the 
company has made 
• What is Cost of Goods Sold mean? 
• What does Gross Profit Margin mean?
Revenue and Cost of Goods Sold 
• Revenue is the total amount of sales the 
company has made 
• Cost of Goods Sold is the total direct cost of 
sales 
– Ex how much it costs to buy the materials and 
manufacture a phone 
• Gross Profit is Revenue – COGS 
• Gross Margin is Gross Profit/Revenue
Operating Expenses 
• Operating Expenses are expenses necessary 
for the operations of the business 
• What are different types of operating 
expenses?
Operating Expenses 
• Operating Expenses are expenses necessary 
for the operations of the business 
• Different types of expenses include SG&A, 
R&D, D&A and other
SG&A and R&D 
• Selling General and Administrative includes 
marketing expenses as well as administration 
expenses (obviously!) 
• Research and Development is something 
companies can cut to boost earnings in the 
short term but doesn’t bode well in the long 
term. 
– R&D often times gives a company it’s moat and 
benefits from economies of scale
Operating profit and interest expenses 
• What is operating profit comprised of? 
• How do you get from operating profit to profit 
before taxes?
Operating profit and interest expenses 
• Operating profit is gross profit minus 
operating expenses 
• Next you take away interest expenses and add 
in interest income to get Profit before taxes 
– Here S&P adds affiliate income and other income 
too (take accounting if you are interested in 
learning more)
Taxes and profit 
• After you take out taxes you get net profit 
• Sometimes you will have to takeout minority 
owners interest as well as preferred interest 
before you get earning attributable to 
common shareholders 
• Net profit margin = net profit/revenue
Some other terms 
• EBIT = Earnings Before Interest and Taxes 
– When trying to calculate enterprise value ratios (more 
on that later) you will use EBIT in place of earnings 
• EBITDA = Earnings Before Interest Taxes 
Depreciation and Amortization 
– D&A is a real cost the business has to pay but often 
times a bond holders will use this to measure how 
safe it is 
– Sometimes equity holders will use this metric too to 
evaluate the company if say the company is not 
making any money yet
EBIT
EBITDA
What is the Statement of Cash 
Flow?
Cash Flow 
• The statement of cash flow measures the 
change in cash from one period to the next 
• Statement of Cash Flow split into 3 parts 
– Cash from Operations, Cash from Investments and 
Cash from Financing 
• Since the balance sheet has to balance, the 
change in cash is equal to the opposite change 
in everything else on the balance sheet
What do you think is included in 
Cash from Operations?
Cash for Operations 
• Cash from Operations include net income plus 
all non cash expenses on the income 
statement (Ex Depreciation and Amortization) 
as well as includes all the changes in current 
assets and current liabilities
What will be included in Cash 
from Investing?
Cash from Investments 
• Cash from Investments primarily includes 
Capital expenditures, acquisitions, and 
purchases of investments
What about Cash from 
Financing?
Cash from Financing 
• Includes paying and repaying debt, dividends 
and buyback payments
Free Cash Flow (FCF) 
• This is another measure of earning power 
• Free Cash Flow is Cash from Operations minus 
Capital Expenditures 
– This is the amount of money available to common 
shareholders 
– Usually a more accurate measure of the earning 
power of a company than net earnings if averaged 
over the long term 
– If the company is growing a lot need to adjust 
capital expenditures for growth capex
Stock Jargon 
Does anyone know any ratios or 
words we use when looking at 
valuation?
Stock Statistics 
• Market Capitalization: The total value of the 
company usually the total value of all the 
stock 
• Enterprise Value (EV): Total Debt + Market 
Capitalization – Cash 
– This is how much debt and equity holders value 
the operating business
Stock Ratios 
• P/E ratio: The total market capitalization 
divided by the net income 
– The inverse of the P/E gives you the earning yield 
and can help approximate the rate of return you 
should expect from the stock if there is no growth 
and mediocre but not poor capital allocation and 
no capital appreciation 
– Can think of the earnings yield as the interest rate 
on the equity
EV ratios 
• EV/EBIT: gives the ratio of earnings that goes 
to the Enterprise owners (keep in mind 
interest is the “earnings” that go to debt 
holders) 
• EV/EBITDA: It is used for debt and equity 
analysis but shouldn’t be 
– It is just another ratio to value how cheap a 
company
Return on equity/investments 
• Return on Equity = net profit/total equity in 
the company 
– Measures how effectively the equity generates 
income 
• Return on Investment = net profit/(equity + 
debt) 
– Measures how effectively a dollar in enterprise 
value generates income

Accounting: Income statement and cash flow

  • 1.
    Accounting: Income Statement and Statement of cash flows By Cameron Fen
  • 2.
    Income Statement •Income Statement includes Revenues, Expenses and Profit • We also like to talk about margins which is usually a percentage of revenue – Ex net profit margins = net profit/revenue • As an investor we don’t just look at this years earnings, look at the long term earnings trend as well as average earnings
  • 5.
    Revenue and Costof Goods Sold • Revenue is the total amount of sales the company has made • What is Cost of Goods Sold mean? • What does Gross Profit Margin mean?
  • 6.
    Revenue and Costof Goods Sold • Revenue is the total amount of sales the company has made • Cost of Goods Sold is the total direct cost of sales – Ex how much it costs to buy the materials and manufacture a phone • Gross Profit is Revenue – COGS • Gross Margin is Gross Profit/Revenue
  • 7.
    Operating Expenses •Operating Expenses are expenses necessary for the operations of the business • What are different types of operating expenses?
  • 8.
    Operating Expenses •Operating Expenses are expenses necessary for the operations of the business • Different types of expenses include SG&A, R&D, D&A and other
  • 9.
    SG&A and R&D • Selling General and Administrative includes marketing expenses as well as administration expenses (obviously!) • Research and Development is something companies can cut to boost earnings in the short term but doesn’t bode well in the long term. – R&D often times gives a company it’s moat and benefits from economies of scale
  • 10.
    Operating profit andinterest expenses • What is operating profit comprised of? • How do you get from operating profit to profit before taxes?
  • 12.
    Operating profit andinterest expenses • Operating profit is gross profit minus operating expenses • Next you take away interest expenses and add in interest income to get Profit before taxes – Here S&P adds affiliate income and other income too (take accounting if you are interested in learning more)
  • 13.
    Taxes and profit • After you take out taxes you get net profit • Sometimes you will have to takeout minority owners interest as well as preferred interest before you get earning attributable to common shareholders • Net profit margin = net profit/revenue
  • 15.
    Some other terms • EBIT = Earnings Before Interest and Taxes – When trying to calculate enterprise value ratios (more on that later) you will use EBIT in place of earnings • EBITDA = Earnings Before Interest Taxes Depreciation and Amortization – D&A is a real cost the business has to pay but often times a bond holders will use this to measure how safe it is – Sometimes equity holders will use this metric too to evaluate the company if say the company is not making any money yet
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    What is theStatement of Cash Flow?
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    Cash Flow •The statement of cash flow measures the change in cash from one period to the next • Statement of Cash Flow split into 3 parts – Cash from Operations, Cash from Investments and Cash from Financing • Since the balance sheet has to balance, the change in cash is equal to the opposite change in everything else on the balance sheet
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    What do youthink is included in Cash from Operations?
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    Cash for Operations • Cash from Operations include net income plus all non cash expenses on the income statement (Ex Depreciation and Amortization) as well as includes all the changes in current assets and current liabilities
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    What will beincluded in Cash from Investing?
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    Cash from Investments • Cash from Investments primarily includes Capital expenditures, acquisitions, and purchases of investments
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    What about Cashfrom Financing?
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    Cash from Financing • Includes paying and repaying debt, dividends and buyback payments
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    Free Cash Flow(FCF) • This is another measure of earning power • Free Cash Flow is Cash from Operations minus Capital Expenditures – This is the amount of money available to common shareholders – Usually a more accurate measure of the earning power of a company than net earnings if averaged over the long term – If the company is growing a lot need to adjust capital expenditures for growth capex
  • 32.
    Stock Jargon Doesanyone know any ratios or words we use when looking at valuation?
  • 33.
    Stock Statistics •Market Capitalization: The total value of the company usually the total value of all the stock • Enterprise Value (EV): Total Debt + Market Capitalization – Cash – This is how much debt and equity holders value the operating business
  • 34.
    Stock Ratios •P/E ratio: The total market capitalization divided by the net income – The inverse of the P/E gives you the earning yield and can help approximate the rate of return you should expect from the stock if there is no growth and mediocre but not poor capital allocation and no capital appreciation – Can think of the earnings yield as the interest rate on the equity
  • 35.
    EV ratios •EV/EBIT: gives the ratio of earnings that goes to the Enterprise owners (keep in mind interest is the “earnings” that go to debt holders) • EV/EBITDA: It is used for debt and equity analysis but shouldn’t be – It is just another ratio to value how cheap a company
  • 36.
    Return on equity/investments • Return on Equity = net profit/total equity in the company – Measures how effectively the equity generates income • Return on Investment = net profit/(equity + debt) – Measures how effectively a dollar in enterprise value generates income