
$66,000
$28,000
( 22,000)
10,000 16,000
$82,000
Changes in current assets and current liabilities
flows from operating activities
Increase in accounts receivable
Net cash flows from operating activities
Increase in accounts payable
Depreciation
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash
to improving all three efficiency ratios is better management of inventory, ac-
Cash flows from operating activities
Net income
erations. Free cash flow is positive, which indicates that the company was able
For the Year Ended December 31, 2011
Chapter 12, SE 5.
Chapter 12, SE 4.
$50,000 decrease in accounts payable. The cash flows to assets is slightly larger
than cash flows to sales because the asset turnover is slightly more than 1. Be-
Titan Corporation experienced this unfavorable yield primarily because of a
are only 70 percent of earnings. A yield of less than 1 signals potential problems.
did reduce liabilities by approximately 25 percent. Overall, the company improved
The cash flow yield is 0.7 times, which indicates that cash flows from operations
preciable assets, as indicated by a decline in the gross amount of equipment, it
to finance its net expenditures for land and equipment from its cash flows from
operations after paying dividends. Although the company did not replace its de-
counts payable, and accounts receivable, all of which affect cash flows from op-
its liquidity and its ability to borrow for possible future expansion.
Schedule of Cash Flows from Operating Activities
Express Corporation
cause cash flow yield is less than 1, we know that profit margin and return on
assets are higher than the cash flows to sales and cash flows to assets. The key
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