Assessment of financial liquidity of enterprises based on the analysis of cash flow statement

Abstract

The purpose of the article was to analyse and assess the dynamic financial liquidity of the companies based on a cash flow statement. The study covered the steel companies listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, with their analysis covering the years 2014–2016. In the article, the main research hypothesis is whether the cash flow statement has been a useful report for assessing the financial liquidity of an enterprise and the auxiliary hypothesis is whether it is possible to assess the ability to generate, obtain and use cash in an enterprise on the basis of the cash flow statement. The paper presents the essence and structure of the cash flow statement, shows the cognitive value of information derived from the cash flow statement, and characterizes the tools for measurement of financial liquidity on the basis of the cash flow statement. The main part of the thesis involves the measuring and evaluation of the company’s financial liquidity on the example of companies from the steel industry sector listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. The paper uses the research method of analysing the literature in the field of financial analysis and financial reporting, the method of analysing the financial data included in the cash flow statements of steel companies listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.

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Andrzej Kuciński, Magdalena Byczkowska

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  • EP ID EP538948
  • DOI 10.25944/znmwse.2018.02.85100
  • Views 65
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Andrzej Kuciński, Magdalena Byczkowska (2018). Assessment of financial liquidity of enterprises based on the analysis of cash flow statement. Zeszyty Naukowe Małopolskiej Wyższej Szkoły Ekonomicznej w Tarnowie, 38(2), 85-100. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-538948