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General Electric Co. (GE)

Financial Reporting Quality: Aggregate Accruals

Difficulty: Advanced

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

General Electric Co., balance sheet computation of aggregate accruals

USD $ in millions

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Operating Assets
Total assets hidden hidden hidden hidden hidden
Less: Cash and equivalents hidden hidden hidden hidden hidden
Less: Investment securities hidden hidden hidden hidden hidden
Operating assets hidden hidden hidden hidden hidden
Operating Liabilities
Total liabilities hidden hidden hidden hidden hidden
Less: Short-term borrowings hidden hidden hidden hidden hidden
Less: Non-recourse borrowings of consolidated securitization entities hidden hidden hidden hidden hidden
Less: Bank deposits hidden hidden hidden hidden hidden
Less: Long-term borrowings hidden hidden hidden hidden hidden
Operating liabilities hidden hidden hidden hidden hidden
Net operating assets1 hidden hidden hidden hidden hidden
Balance-sheet-based aggregate accruals2 hidden hidden hidden hidden hidden
Ratio
Balance-sheet-based accruals ratio3 hidden hidden hidden hidden hidden
Benchmarks
Balance-Sheet-Based Accruals Ratio, Competitors
3M Co. hidden hidden hidden hidden hidden
Danaher Corp. hidden hidden hidden hidden hidden
Honeywell International Inc. hidden hidden hidden hidden hidden
Balance-Sheet-Based Accruals Ratio, Sector
General Industrials hidden hidden hidden hidden hidden
Balance-Sheet-Based Accruals Ratio, Industry
Industrials hidden hidden hidden hidden hidden

Based on: 10-K (filing date: 2018-02-23), 10-K (filing date: 2017-02-24), 10-K (filing date: 2016-02-26), 10-K (filing date: 2015-02-27), 10-K (filing date: 2014-02-27).

2017 Calculations

1 Net operating assets = Operating assets – Operating liabilities
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2 Balance-sheet-based aggregate accruals = Net operating assets 2017 – Net operating assets 2016
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3 Balance-sheet-based accruals ratio = 100 × Balance-sheet-based aggregate accruals ÷ Avg. net operating assets
= 100 × hidden ÷ [(hidden + hidden) ÷ 2] = hidden

Ratio Description The company
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, General Electric Co. improved earnings quality from 2016 to 2017.

Cash-Flow-Statement-Based Accruals Ratio

General Electric Co., cash flow statement computation of aggregate accruals

USD $ in millions

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Net earnings (loss) attributable to the Company hidden hidden hidden hidden hidden
Less: Cash from operating activities hidden hidden hidden hidden hidden
Less: Cash (used for) from investing activities hidden hidden hidden hidden hidden
Cash-flow-statement-based aggregate accruals hidden hidden hidden hidden hidden
Ratio
Cash-flow-statement-based accruals ratio1 hidden hidden hidden hidden hidden
Benchmarks
Cash-Flow-Statement-Based Accruals Ratio, Competitors
3M Co. hidden hidden hidden hidden hidden
Danaher Corp. hidden hidden hidden hidden hidden
Honeywell International Inc. hidden hidden hidden hidden hidden
Cash-Flow-Statement-Based Accruals Ratio, Sector
General Industrials hidden hidden hidden hidden hidden
Cash-Flow-Statement-Based Accruals Ratio, Industry
Industrials hidden hidden hidden hidden hidden

Based on: 10-K (filing date: 2018-02-23), 10-K (filing date: 2017-02-24), 10-K (filing date: 2016-02-26), 10-K (filing date: 2015-02-27), 10-K (filing date: 2014-02-27).

2017 Calculations

1 Cash-flow-statement-based accruals ratio = 100 × Cash-flow-statement-based aggregate accruals ÷ Avg. net operating assets
= 100 × hidden ÷ [(hidden + hidden) ÷ 2] = hidden

Ratio Description The company
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, General Electric Co. improved earnings quality from 2016 to 2017.