We're going to go through a few of the most common. The first one is you add back depreciation and amortization. Because these are not on cash charges that show up on the income statement, but they're non cash. They decrease net income, but their non cash, no cash actually leaves the door. Chapoley doesn't actually pay any cash to any one because it is a non cash expense. It is added back on the cash flow statement. Here's another one, you subtract a deferred tax asset. Deferred revenue is cash up front for product or service that has not yet been doled out.
Motley Fool Senior Analyst John Rotonti continues his discussion on the most important financial statements, focusing on the cash flow statement and what it reveals to investors. In part two of this two-part series, Rotonti discusses: - How net income becomes free cash flow - The choices companies can make with free cash flow (and why investors should care) - Margins that can indicate the health of public companies Bonus resource! How Net Income Becomes Free Cash Flow: https://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/09/24/reconciling-net-income-to-free-cash-flow.aspx
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