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Chapter 13, Problem 4ADM
Priceline:
Priceline Group, Inc. is a leading provider of online travel reservation services, including brand names Priceline, KAYAK, and OpenTable. Selected cash flow information from the statement of cash flows for three recent years is as follows (in millions):
Year 3 | Year 2 | Year 1 | |
Net cash provided by operating activities | $ 2,914 | $ 2,301 | $ 1,786 |
Net cash used in investing activities | (2,349) | (2,162) | (1,563) |
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities | 1,429 | (404) | 669 |
Additions to property, plant, and equipment | (132) | (84) | (55) |
Repurchase common stock | (750) | (884) | (257) |
Acquisitions and investments | (2,146) | (1,997) | (1,587) |
- A. Determine the net change in cash for each year.
- B. Determine the free cash flow for each year.
- C. How is the free cash flow being used based on the data provided?
- D. Which is better for measuring the cash flow available for investment, dividends, debt repayments, and stock repurchases: the change in cash for the period or the free cash flow? Explain.
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Ch. 13 - Prob. 1DQCh. 13 - Prob. 2DQCh. 13 - A corporation issued 2,000,000 of common stock in...Ch. 13 - A retail business, using the accrual method of...Ch. 13 - If salaries payable was 100,000 at the beginning...Ch. 13 - Prob. 6DQCh. 13 - A corporation issued 2,000,000 of 20-year bonds...Ch. 13 - Fully depreciated equipment costing 50,000 was...Ch. 13 - Prob. 9DQCh. 13 - Name five common major classes of operating cash...
Ch. 13 - Classifying cash flows Identify whether each of...Ch. 13 - Prob. 13.2BECh. 13 - Prob. 13.3BECh. 13 - Prob. 13.4BECh. 13 - Land transactions on the statement of cash flows...Ch. 13 - Common stock transactions on the statement of cash...Ch. 13 - Prob. 13.7BECh. 13 - Prob. 13.8BECh. 13 - Prob. 13.1EXCh. 13 - Effect of transactions on cash flows State the...Ch. 13 - Classifying cash flows Identify the type of cash...Ch. 13 - Prob. 13.4EXCh. 13 - Prob. 13.5EXCh. 13 - Cash flows from operating activitiesindirect...Ch. 13 - Cash flows from operating activitiesindirect...Ch. 13 - Prob. 13.8EXCh. 13 - Reporting changes in equipment on statement of...Ch. 13 - Prob. 13.10EXCh. 13 - Determining cash payments to stockholders The...Ch. 13 - Prob. 13.12EXCh. 13 - Reporting land acquisition for cash and mortgage...Ch. 13 - Prob. 13.14EXCh. 13 - Prob. 13.15EXCh. 13 - Prob. 13.16EXCh. 13 - Statement of cash flowsindirect method The...Ch. 13 - Statement of cash flowsindirect method List the...Ch. 13 - Prob. 13.19EXCh. 13 - Prob. 13.20EXCh. 13 - Cash flows from operating activities direct method...Ch. 13 - Prob. 13.22EXCh. 13 - Prob. 13.1APRCh. 13 - Prob. 13.2APRCh. 13 - Prob. 13.3APRCh. 13 - Prob. 13.4APRCh. 13 - Statement of cash flows direct method applied to...Ch. 13 - Statement of cash flowsindirect method The...Ch. 13 - Statement of cash flows indirect method The...Ch. 13 - Statement of cash flowsindirect method The...Ch. 13 - Statement of cash flows direct method The...Ch. 13 - Statement of cash flowsdirect method applied to PR...Ch. 13 - Prob. 1ADMCh. 13 - Prob. 2ADMCh. 13 - Prob. 3ADMCh. 13 - Priceline: Free cash flow Priceline Group, Inc. is...Ch. 13 - Prob. 13.1TIFCh. 13 - Prob. 13.3TIF
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