About CashFlowNews.com

CashFlowNews.com is the largest publisher of news and information on cash flow for over 10,000 publicly held corporations. We monitor and report on Cash Flow from Operations, Free Cash Flow and EBITDA. We also publish news and information that we obtain from other sources such as StockDiagnostics.com, a specialist in cash flow research, analysis, ratings and alerts.

The collapse of Enron and the almost weekly uncovering of earnings related accounting scandals has heightened the need for monitoring and reporting of objective news which is based on cash flow based metrics. Presently, this is more critical than ever as traditional earnings based metrics such as EPS, ROE, ROC, EBITDA, CFPS and even the PE multiple can easily be distorted or manipulated by a company's management and/or its accountants.

CashFlowNews.com's Mission

The mission of CashFlowNews.com is to provide objective fact based financial news and information which is obtained or derived from a company's filings with the United States Securities & Exchange Commission. Heretofore, many shareholders and investors have had great difficulty in obtaining objective news and information. This is because many publicly held companies use sugar coated earnings announcements and conflicted relationships with Wall Street analysts in order to create the spin that they want for investors and shareholders to read and hear.

CashFlowNews.com's Cash Flow Definitions:

Cash Flow From Operations defined:
Defined as Cash flow from operations or operating cash flow as found in the Cash Flow From Operations section of a company's Cash Flow Statement, which is filed quarterly with the SEC.

Free Cash Flow defined:
Free cash flow is defined as cash flow from operations or operating cash flow plus or minus capital expenditures. "Capital Expenditures" is a line item, which can be found in the Cash Flow From Investments section of a company's Cash Flow Statement which is filed quarterly with the SEC.

EBITDA defined:
EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest Taxes Depreciation and Amortization) is calculated by taking Operating Income and adding or subtracting depreciation and/or amortization.

CFPS defined:
CFPS (Cash Flow Per Share) is calculated by dividing EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest Taxes Depreciation and Amortization) by the total number of shares outstanding.