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Beneficio y flujos. El beneficio es una decisión discutible, pero el cash flow es un hecho (Cash Flow is a Fact: Net Income is Just an Opinion)


Pablo Fernandez


University of Navarra - IESE Business School

April 27, 2013


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El beneficio de una empresa es un dato arbitrario supuestas determinadas hipótesis de contabilización de gastos e ingresos. Por el contrario, el cash flow o flujo (dinero que va de la caja de la empresa al bolsillo de alguien: accionistas, propietarios de deuda,…) es una medida objetiva, una cifra única no sometida a un criterio particular.

El Cash flow para las acciones (CFac) es el dinero que sale de la caja y llega al bolsillo de los accionistas. El FCF (free cash flow) es el CFac de la empresa en el caso de que ésta no tuviera deuda.

We use three different definitions of cash flow: equity cash flow (ECF), free cash flow (FCF) and capital cash flow (CCF).

A company's net income is a quite arbitrary figure obtained after assuming certain accounting hypotheses regarding expenses and revenues (one of several that can be obtained, depending on the criteria applied). However, the ex-post cash flow is an objective measure, a single figure that is not subject to any personal criterion.

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Number of Pages in PDF File: 14

Keywords: Free Cash Flow, equity cash flow, net income, beneficio, flujo

JEL Classification: G12, G31, M21

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Date posted: July 28, 2008 ; Last revised: April 30, 2013

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Fernandez, Pablo, Beneficio y flujos. El beneficio es una decisión discutible, pero el cash flow es un hecho (Cash Flow is a Fact: Net Income is Just an Opinion) (April 27, 2013). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1182255 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1182255

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