Accruals, Cash Flow and Equity Values

44 Pages Posted: 8 Mar 1999

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Mary E. Barth

Stanford University - Graduate School of Business

William H. Beaver

Stanford University

John R. M. Hand

University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School

Wayne R. Landsman

University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School

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Date Written: July 1999

Abstract

We find, as predicted, that the differential ability of accrual and cash flow components of earnings to help forecast future abnormal earnings and the persistence of the components results in the components having different valuation implications. We base our tests on Ohlson (1999) applied to fourteen industries. We find: (1) Accruals and cash flows aid in forecasting future abnormal earnings incremental to abnormal earnings and equity book value. (2) Accruals and cash flows provide explanatory power for equity market value incremental to equity book value and abnormal earnings. (3) There is evidence that accruals and cash flows valuation coefficients are consistent with the Ohlson model.

JEL Classification: G12, M41

Suggested Citation

Barth, Mary E. and Beaver, William H. and Hand, John R. M. and Landsman, Wayne R., Accruals, Cash Flow and Equity Values (July 1999). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=149768 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.149768

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