Financial Reporting, Financial Statement Analysis and Valuation
Financial Reporting, Financial Statement Analysis and Valuation
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ISBN: 9781285190907
Author: James M. Wahlen, Stephen P. Baginski, Mark Bradshaw
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 3, Problem 21PC

Interpreting the Statement of Cash Flows. Montgomery Ward

operates a retail department store chain. It filed for bankruptcy during the first quarter of Year 12.

Exhibit 3.24 presents a statement of cash flows for Montgomery Ward for Year 7 to Year 11.

Chapter 3, Problem 21PC, Interpreting the Statement of Cash Flows. Montgomery Ward operates a retail department store chain. , example  1

Chapter 3, Problem 21PC, Interpreting the Statement of Cash Flows. Montgomery Ward operates a retail department store chain. , example  2

The firm acquired Lechmere, a discount retailer of sporting goods and electronic products, during Year 9. It acquired Amoco Enterprises, an automobile club, during Year 11. During Year 10, it issued a new series of preferred stock and used part of the cash proceeds to repurchase a series of outstanding preferred stock. The “other subtractions” in the operating section for Year 10 and Year 11 represent reversals of deferred tax liabilities.

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Discuss the relations between net income and cash flow from operations and among cash flows from operating, investing, and financing activities for the firm over the five-year period. Identify signals of Montgomery Ward's difficulties that might have led to its filing for bankruptcy.

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