Hi Jae,
When calculating the "Owner Earnings", I would like to know what default Non-Cash charges are you using in your calculation?
Non-Cash Charges are real charges which are actually taken off the working capital, for example Depreciation and Amortization are two charges which actually count as non-cash charges.
But when I refer to the example in Ponzio's book (I refer to the example of Patterson Dental), he uses these non-cash charges in his calculation:
(12,246) Increase in receivables
(3,817) Increase in inventory
7,739 Increase in accounts payable
2,633 Increase (decrease) in accrued liabilities
(2,742) Increase in long-term receivables
8,838 Other charges from operating activities, et
————————–> TOTAL non-cash charges: US$ 405.- (million).
Since all these mentioned charges are not always found the same on every cash flow/income statement, I'd like to know whether you're using some kind of a standard list of non-cash charges when calculating the owner earnings.
Thanks in advance.
Kind regards,
Roger