The principal repayment should not be treated as an expense; however, the cash payment that pays down the mortgage balance should be booked so that it will
appear on the cash flow statement.
Increases and decreases in receivables and payables are accounted
for on your cash flow statement, as are other activities from operating your business and selling your products and services.
Calculating the Price to Cash Flow Ratio The price to cash flow ratio is calculated by taking the current share price and dividing the total cash flow from operations
found on the cash flow statement.
Don't forget, as with all companies — if things ever start going (seriously) wrong here, that's when investors will finally
focus on the cash flow statement, see the lower underlying margins & potential interest coverage / debt risks, and join in as the share price spirals lower.
These transactions take cash out of the business and therefore show up
on your cash flow statement, but not on your profit and loss statement.
Away from that,
on the cash flow statement, we have EBITDA, cash from operations and free cash flow.
Track the financial statements, particularly cash flow from operations (found
on the cash flow statement), to ensure the company is generating adequate levels of cash to meet its debt obligations.