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Adobe Inc. (ADBE)
Financial Reporting Quality: Aggregate Accruals
Advanced level
Earnings can be decomposed into cash and accrual components. The accrual component (aggregate accruals) has been found to have less persistence than the cash component, and therefore (1) earnings with higher accrual component are less persistent than earnings with smaller accrual component, all else equal; and (2) the cash component of earnings should receive a higher weighting evaluating company performance.
Balance-Sheet-Based Accruals Ratio
Adobe Inc., balance sheet computation of aggregate accruals
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Based on: 10-K (filing date: 2019-01-25), 10-K (filing date: 2018-01-22), 10-K (filing date: 2017-01-20), 10-K (filing date: 2016-01-19), 10-K (filing date: 2015-01-20), 10-K (filing date: 2014-01-21).
1 2018 Calculation
Net operating assets = Operating assets – Operating liabilities
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2 2018 Calculation
Balance-sheet-based aggregate accruals = Net operating assets 2018 – Net operating assets 2017
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3 2018 Calculation
Balance-sheet-based accruals ratio = 100 × Balance-sheet-based aggregate accruals ÷ Avg. net operating assets
= 100 × ÷ [( + ) ÷ 2] =
4 Click competitor name to see calculations.
| Ratio | Description | The company |
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| Balance-sheet-based accruals ratio | Ratio is found by dividing balance-sheet-based aggregate accruals by average net operating assets. | Using the balance-sheet-based accruals ratio, Adobe Inc. deteriorated earnings quality from 2017 to 2018. |
Cash-Flow-Statement-Based Accruals Ratio
Adobe Inc., cash flow statement computation of aggregate accruals
US$ in thousands
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| Less: Net cash provided by operating activities | |
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| Less: Net cash used for investing activities | |
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| Facebook Inc. | |
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| Intuit Inc. | |
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| Microsoft Corp. | |
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| Oracle Corp. | |
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Based on: 10-K (filing date: 2019-01-25), 10-K (filing date: 2018-01-22), 10-K (filing date: 2017-01-20), 10-K (filing date: 2016-01-19), 10-K (filing date: 2015-01-20), 10-K (filing date: 2014-01-21).
1 2018 Calculation
Cash-flow-statement-based accruals ratio = 100 × Cash-flow-statement-based aggregate accruals ÷ Avg. net operating assets
= 100 × ÷ [( + ) ÷ 2] =
2 Click competitor name to see calculations.
| Ratio | Description | The company |
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| Cash-flow-statement-based accruals ratio | Ratio is found by dividing cash-flow-statement-based aggregate accruals by average net operating assets. | Using the cash-flow-statement-based accruals ratio, Adobe Inc. deteriorated earnings quality from 2017 to 2018. |