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Analysis of Great West cash flow over time is an excellent tool to project Great West Lifeco future capital expenditures as well as to predict the amount of cash needed to cover cost of sales, R&D expenses or production expansions. Investors should almost always look for trends in cash flow indicators such as Begin Period Cash Flow of 7.7 B or Other Non Cash Items of 4.4 B as it is a great indicator of Great West ability to facilitate future growth, repay debt on time or pay out dividends.
Financial Statement Analysis is much more than just reviewing and examining Great West Lifeco latest accounting reports to predict its past. Macroaxis encourages investors to analyze financial statements over time for various trends across multiple indicators and accounts to determine whether Great West Lifeco is a good buy for the upcoming year.
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About Great Cash Flow Analysis
The Cash Flow Statement is a financial statement that shows how changes in Great balance sheet and income statement accounts affect cash and cash equivalents. It breaks the analysis down to operating, investing, and financing activities. One of the most critical aspects of the cash flow statement is liquidity, which is the degree to which Great's non-liquid assets can be easily converted into cash.
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Free Cash Flow
The amount of cash a company generates after accounting for cash outflows to support operations and maintain its capital assets.Begin Period Cash Flow
The amount of cash a company has at the beginning of a financial reporting period. It serves as the starting point for calculating the period's cash flow from operations, investing, and financing activities.Dividends Paid
The total amount of dividends that a company has paid out to its shareholders over a specific period.Net Income
Net income is one of the most important fundamental items in finance. It plays a large role in Great West Lifeco financial statement analysis. It represents the amount of money remaining after all of Great West Lifeco operating expenses, interest, taxes and preferred stock dividends have been deducted from a company total revenue.Most accounts from Great West's cash flow statement are interrelated and interconnected. However, analyzing cash flow statement accounts one by one will only give a small insight into Great West Lifeco current financial condition. On the other hand, looking into the entire matrix of cash flow statement accounts, and analyzing their relationships over time can provide a more complete picture of the company financial strength now and in the future. Check out Risk vs Return Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Great West Lifeco. Also, note that the market value of any company could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in board of governors. At this time, Great West's Net Borrowings is very stable compared to the past year. As of the 2nd of December 2024, Change To Netincome is likely to grow to about 28 B, while Sale Purchase Of Stock is likely to drop (244.7 M).
Great West cash flow statement Correlations
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Great West cash flow statement Accounts
| 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 (projected) | ||
| Sale Purchase Of Stock | (2.1B) | 18M | (194M) | (4M) | (233M) | (244.7M) | |
| Change In Cash | 460M | 3.3B | (1.9B) | 1.2B | 827M | 868.4M | |
| Free Cash Flow | 6.1B | 9.6B | 10.4B | 7.0B | 5.2B | 4.4B | |
| Begin Period Cash Flow | 4.2B | 4.6B | 7.9B | 6.1B | 7.3B | 7.7B | |
| Other Cashflows From Financing Activities | (3M) | (8.2B) | (10M) | (4M) | (786M) | (825.3M) | |
| Other Non Cash Items | (7.2B) | (6.1B) | 1.7B | 22.8B | 4.2B | 4.4B | |
| Dividends Paid | 1.7B | 1.8B | 1.8B | 2.0B | 2.1B | 1.2B | |
| Total Cash From Operating Activities | 6.1B | 9.6B | 10.4B | 7.0B | 5.2B | 4.6B | |
| Net Income | 2.9B | 3.1B | 3.9B | 3.8B | 2.9B | 2.3B | |
| Total Cash From Financing Activities | (4.0B) | 2.0B | (992M) | (620M) | (3.6B) | (3.4B) | |
| End Period Cash Flow | 4.6B | 7.9B | 6.1B | 7.3B | 8.1B | 8.5B | |
| Depreciation | 418M | 438M | 523M | 558M | 505M | 530.3M | |
| Change In Working Capital | 10.4B | 12.6B | 4.8B | (20.0B) | (2.0B) | (1.9B) | |
| Stock Based Compensation | 117M | 107M | 190M | 157M | 288M | 302.4M | |
| Investments | (1.5B) | (8.2B) | (8.7B) | (5.5B) | (119M) | (125.0M) | |
| Net Borrowings | (259M) | 3.8B | (768M) | 1.3B | 1.5B | 1.6B | |
| Total Cashflows From Investing Activities | (1.5B) | (8.2B) | (11.2B) | (5.5B) | (4.9B) | (5.2B) | |
| Change To Operating Activities | 10.2B | 13.5B | 4.5B | (20.0B) | (18.0B) | (17.1B) | |
| Change To Netincome | (7.0B) | (7.4B) | 2.1B | 23.2B | 26.6B | 28.0B | |
| Other Cashflows From Investing Activities | (4M) | (8.2B) | (11.2B) | (5.5B) | (4.9B) | (5.2B) |
Pair Trading with Great West
One of the main advantages of trading using pair correlations is that every trade hedges away some risk. Because there are two separate transactions required, even if Great West position performs unexpectedly, the other equity can make up some of the losses. Pair trading also minimizes risk from directional movements in the market. For example, if an entire industry or sector drops because of unexpected headlines, the short position in Great West will appreciate offsetting losses from the drop in the long position's value.Moving against Great Stock
The ability to find closely correlated positions to Great West could be a great tool in your tax-loss harvesting strategies, allowing investors a quick way to find a similar-enough asset to replace Great West when you sell it. If you don't do this, your portfolio allocation will be skewed against your target asset allocation. So, investors can't just sell and buy back Great West - that would be a violation of the tax code under the "wash sale" rule, and this is why you need to find a similar enough asset and use the proceeds from selling Great West Lifeco to buy it.
The correlation of Great West is a statistical measure of how it moves in relation to other instruments. This measure is expressed in what is known as the correlation coefficient, which ranges between -1 and +1. A perfect positive correlation (i.e., a correlation coefficient of +1) implies that as Great West moves, either up or down, the other security will move in the same direction. Alternatively, perfect negative correlation means that if Great West Lifeco moves in either direction, the perfectly negatively correlated security will move in the opposite direction. If the correlation is 0, the equities are not correlated; they are entirely random. A correlation greater than 0.8 is generally described as strong, whereas a correlation less than 0.5 is generally considered weak.
Correlation analysis and pair trading evaluation for Great West can also be used as hedging techniques within a particular sector or industry or even over random equities to generate a better risk-adjusted return on your portfolios.Other Information on Investing in Great Stock
The Cash Flow Statement is a financial statement that shows how changes in Great balance sheet and income statement accounts affect cash and cash equivalents. It breaks the analysis down to operating, investing, and financing activities. One of the most critical aspects of the cash flow statement is liquidity, which is the degree to which Great's non-liquid assets can be easily converted into cash.