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Walt Disney Co. (DIS)

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

Walt Disney Co., balance sheet computation of aggregate accruals

USD $ in millions

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Sep 29, 2018 Sep 30, 2017 Oct 1, 2016 Oct 3, 2015 Sep 27, 2014 Sep 28, 2013
Operating Assets
Total assets hidden hidden hidden hidden hidden hidden
Less: Cash and cash equivalents hidden hidden hidden hidden hidden hidden
Operating assets hidden hidden hidden hidden hidden hidden
Operating Liabilities
Total liabilities hidden hidden hidden hidden hidden hidden
Less: Current portion of borrowings hidden hidden hidden hidden hidden hidden
Less: Borrowings, excluding current portion hidden hidden hidden hidden hidden hidden
Operating liabilities hidden hidden hidden hidden hidden hidden
Net operating assets1 hidden hidden hidden hidden hidden hidden
Balance-sheet-based aggregate accruals2 hidden hidden hidden hidden hidden hidden
Ratio
Balance-sheet-based accruals ratio3 hidden hidden hidden hidden hidden hidden
Benchmarks
Balance-Sheet-Based Accruals Ratio, Competitors
Charter Communications Inc. hidden hidden hidden hidden hidden hidden
Comcast Corp. hidden hidden hidden hidden hidden hidden
Twenty-First Century Fox Inc. hidden hidden hidden hidden hidden hidden
Balance-Sheet-Based Accruals Ratio, Sector
Media hidden hidden hidden hidden hidden hidden
Balance-Sheet-Based Accruals Ratio, Industry
Consumer Services hidden hidden hidden hidden hidden hidden

Based on: 10-K (filing date: 2018-11-21), 10-K (filing date: 2017-11-22), 10-K (filing date: 2016-11-23), 10-K (filing date: 2015-11-25), 10-K (filing date: 2014-11-19), 10-K (filing date: 2013-11-20).

2018 Calculations

1 Net operating assets = Operating assets – Operating liabilities
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2 Balance-sheet-based aggregate accruals = Net operating assets 2018 – Net operating assets 2017
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3 Balance-sheet-based accruals ratio = 100 × Balance-sheet-based aggregate accruals ÷ Avg. net operating assets
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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, Walt Disney Co. improved earnings quality from 2017 to 2018.

Cash-Flow-Statement-Based Accruals Ratio

Walt Disney Co., cash flow statement computation of aggregate accruals

USD $ in millions

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Sep 29, 2018 Sep 30, 2017 Oct 1, 2016 Oct 3, 2015 Sep 27, 2014 Sep 28, 2013
Net income attributable to The Walt Disney Company (Disney) hidden hidden hidden hidden hidden hidden
Less: Cash provided by operations hidden hidden hidden hidden hidden hidden
Less: Cash used in investing activities hidden hidden hidden hidden hidden hidden
Cash-flow-statement-based aggregate accruals hidden hidden hidden hidden hidden hidden
Ratio
Cash-flow-statement-based accruals ratio1 hidden hidden hidden hidden hidden hidden
Benchmarks
Cash-Flow-Statement-Based Accruals Ratio, Competitors
Charter Communications Inc. hidden hidden hidden hidden hidden hidden
Comcast Corp. hidden hidden hidden hidden hidden hidden
Twenty-First Century Fox Inc. hidden hidden hidden hidden hidden hidden
Cash-Flow-Statement-Based Accruals Ratio, Sector
Media hidden hidden hidden hidden hidden hidden
Cash-Flow-Statement-Based Accruals Ratio, Industry
Consumer Services hidden hidden hidden hidden hidden hidden

Based on: 10-K (filing date: 2018-11-21), 10-K (filing date: 2017-11-22), 10-K (filing date: 2016-11-23), 10-K (filing date: 2015-11-25), 10-K (filing date: 2014-11-19), 10-K (filing date: 2013-11-20).

2018 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, Walt Disney Co. deteriorated earnings quality from 2017 to 2018.