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flows or other cash flows that are not generated by regular business operations. Below, we review four kinds of adjustments you should make to reported CFO in order to capture sustainable cash flows. First, consider a "clean" CFO statement from Amgen, a company with a reputation for generating robust cash flows:
Amgen shows CFO in the indirect format. Under the indirect format, CFO is derived from net income with two sets of 'add backs'. First, non-cash expenses, such as depreciation, are added back because they reduce net income but do not consume cash. Second, changes to operating (current) balance sheet accounts are added or subtracted. In Amgen's case, there are five such additions/subtractions that fall under the label "cash provided by (used in) changes in operating assets and liabilities": three of these balance-sheet changes subtract from CFO and two of them add to CFO.
For example, notice that trade receivables (also known as accounts receivable) reduces CFO by about $255 million: trade receivables is a 'use of cash'. This is because, as a current asset account, it increased by $255 million during the year. This $255 million is included in revenue and therefore net income, but the company hadn't received the cash as of year-end, so the uncollected revenues needed to be excluded from a cash calculation. Conversely, accounts payable is a 'source of cash' in Amgen's case. This current-liability account increased by $74 million during the year; Amgen owes the money (and net income reflects the expense), but the company temporarily held onto the cash, so its CFO for the period is increased by $74 million.
We will refer to Amgen's statement to explain the first adjustment you should make to CFO:
1. Tax benefits of (related to) employee stock options (See #1 on Amgen CFO statement)
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