LOS c: Discuss the importance of quality of inputs in valuation.
Q1. When using a firm’s reported financial information as inputs into a security valuation model, it is important for the analyst to have confidence that the reported information accurately reflects the operations of the firm. This concern is referred to as:
A) a confidence factor.
B) the transparency of earnings.
C) the quality of earnings.
Q2. Overestimating the growth rate of a firm in using a valuation model would result in a value that is likely to be:
A) too high.
B) can't tell from this information.
C) too low.
Q3. Which of the following would cause an analyst to have concern about a firm’s quality of earnings?
A) The gain on the sale of a plant was included in operating earnings.
B) A firm books sales when orders are shipped.
C) The firm took a write off for a recently impaired asset. |