A cash flow statement consists of three sections: operating, investing and financing. Companies report investing and financing activities directly on a cash basis, but often use the indirect method to ...

A cash flow statement is a financial report that describes the sources of a company’s cash and how that cash was spent over a specified time period. It does not include non-cash items such as ...

Companies use financial statements -- income statements, balance sheets and cash flow statements -- to track and assess their operational and financial performance. According to a survey administered ...