Only in the business approach is the old Pervasive Principle understood, that any accounting number, book value or reported EPS is useful only insofar as it gives
the analyst objective benchmarks, not the truth.
Rather, it gives
the analyst objective benchmarks which the analyst then uses to determine his or her views as to what economic reality is.
Not exact matches
Financial statements, whether issued under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) or the International Financial Reporting System (IFRS) provide the
analyst with vital
Objective Benchmarks, not Truth.
GAAP accounting by Toyota Industries and GAAP accounting for debt on the balance sheets serve as two examples of how GAAP provides the Third Avenue
analyst with
objective benchmarks and how the Third Avenue
analyst uses those
objective benchmarks to get at his or her version of truth and accuracy.
However, GAAP book values frequently are
objective benchmarks, enabling an
analyst to more accurately estimate NAV.
For FF, GAAP in the U.S. is an essential disclosure tool, the best
objective benchmark available to the OPMI
analyst in the vast majority of cases.
GAAP and GAAP - like financial statements are virtually the only quantitative
objective benchmarks available to the
analyst in the vast majority of situations.
It is the
analyst's job to take these
objective benchmarks and use them as tools to help him or her determine his or her version of what economic truth might be.
Purchase goodwill acts as an
objective benchmark helping the
analyst decide on management skills in the «resource conversion» area.
The value
analyst uses these
objective benchmarks to ascertain his or her determinations of what economic reality is.
Here the GAAP numbers serve as the one essential
objective benchmark which the
analyst uses as a tool to assist in determining his or her version of reality.
IDFA will establish standards for certification of divorce financial
analysts that are
objective, reliable and meet and current
benchmarks for certifying bodies.