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Medtronic PLC (MDT)
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
Medtronic PLC, balance sheet computation of aggregate accruals
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| Balance-Sheet-Based Accruals Ratio, Competitors4 | |||||||
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Based on: 10-K (filing date: 2019-06-21), 10-K (filing date: 2018-06-22), 10-K (filing date: 2017-06-27), 10-K (filing date: 2016-06-28), 10-K (filing date: 2015-06-23), 10-K (filing date: 2014-06-20).
1 2019 Calculation
Net operating assets = Operating assets – Operating liabilities
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2 2019 Calculation
Balance-sheet-based aggregate accruals = Net operating assets 2019 – Net operating assets 2018
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3 2019 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, Medtronic PLC improved earnings quality from 2018 to 2019. |
Cash-Flow-Statement-Based Accruals Ratio
Medtronic PLC, cash flow statement computation of aggregate accruals
US$ in millions
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| Less: Net cash provided by operating activities | |
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| Less: Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities | |
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| Cash-Flow-Statement-Based Accruals Ratio, Competitors2 | |||||||
| Becton, Dickinson & Co. | |
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| Intuitive Surgical Inc. | |
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| Stryker Corp. | |
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| Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. | |
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| UnitedHealth Group Inc. | |
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| Cash-Flow-Statement-Based Accruals Ratio, Sector | |||||||
| Health Care Equipment & Services | |
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| Cash-Flow-Statement-Based Accruals Ratio, Industry | |||||||
| Health Care | |
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Based on: 10-K (filing date: 2019-06-21), 10-K (filing date: 2018-06-22), 10-K (filing date: 2017-06-27), 10-K (filing date: 2016-06-28), 10-K (filing date: 2015-06-23), 10-K (filing date: 2014-06-20).
1 2019 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, Medtronic PLC improved earnings quality from 2018 to 2019. |