Cash flow from operations refers to the cash brought in through a company's normal business operations. It is the cash flow before any investment or financing activities. It is the cash version of net income.
Metro Bancorp Cash Flow from Operations Historical Data
The historical data trend for Metro Bancorp's Cash Flow from Operations can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Metro Bancorp Cash Flow from Operations Calculation
Cash flow from operations refers to the cash brought in through a company's normal business operations. It is the cash flow before any investment or financing activities. It is the cash version of net income.
Metro Bancorp's Cash Flow from Operations for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2014 is calculated as:
Cash Flow from Operations for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2015 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $41.5 Mil.
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Metro Bancorp (NAS:METR) Cash Flow from Operations Explanation
For companies reported in indirect method, cash flow from operations contains six items:
1. Net Income From Continuing Operations:
Net Income From Continuing Operations indicates the net income that a firm brings in from ongoing business activities. These activities are expected to continue into the next reporting period. It excludes extraordinary items, income from the cumulative effects of accounting changes, non-recurring items, income from tax loss carry forward, and preferred dividends.
Metro Bancorp's net income from continuing operations for the
three
months ended in Sep. 2015 was $4.8 Mil.
2. Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization:
Depreciation is a present expense that accounts for the past cost of an asset that is now providing benefits.
Depletion and amortization are synonyms for depreciation.
Generally:
The term depreciation is used when discussing man made tangible assets
The term depletion is used when discussing natural tangible assets
The term amortization is used when discussing intangible assets
Metro Bancorp's depreciation, depletion and amortization for the
three
months ended in Sep. 2015 was $0.6 Mil.
3. Change In Working Capital:
Working Capital is a measure of a company's short term liquidity or its ability to cover short term liabilities. It is defined as the difference between a company's current assets and current liabilities. Changes in Working Capital is reported in the cash flow statement since it is one of the major ways in which net income can differ from operating cash flow.
Metro Bancorp's change in working capital for the
three
months ended in Sep. 2015 was $4.3 Mil. It means Metro Bancorp's working capital
increased by $4.3 Mil
from Jun. 2015 to Sep. 2015 .
4. Deferred Tax:
It is the cash flow generated from deferred tax.
Metro Bancorp's cash flow from deferred tax for the
three
months ended in Sep. 2015 was $-0.1 Mil.
Metro Bancorp's cash from discontinued operating Activities for the
three
months ended in Sep. 2015 was $0.0 Mil.
6. Asset Impairment Charge:
It is the charge against earnings resulting from the aggregate write down of all assets from their carrying value to their fair value.
Metro Bancorp's asset impairment charge for the
three
months ended in Sep. 2015 was $0.0 Mil.
7. Stock Based Compensation:
It is a way corporations use stock options to reward employees. It provides executives and employees the opportunity to share in the growth of the company and, if structured properly, can align their interests with the interests of the company's shareholders and investors, without burning the company's cash on hand.
Metro Bancorp's stock based compensation for the
three
months ended in Sep. 2015 was $0.1 Mil.
8. Cash Flow from Others:
These are cash differences caused by the change of inventory, accounts payable, accounts receivable etc. For instance, if a company pays its suppliers slower, its cash position will build up faster. If a company receives payments from its customers slower, its account receivables will rise, and its cash position will grow more slowly (or even shrink).
Metro Bancorp's cash flow from others for the
three
months ended in Sep. 2015 was $2.5 Mil.
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Metro Bancorp (Metro Bancorp) Business Description
Metro Bancorp Inc was incorporated as Pennsylvania Commerce Bancorp, Inc. on April 23, 1999 and became an active bank holding company on July 1, 1999. The Company provides full banking services through its subsidiary, Metro Bank. The Bank provides retail and commercial banking services for consumers, and small and mid-sized companies in Pennsylvania. The Bank's lending and investment activities are funded mainly by retail deposits gathered through its retail store office network. It offers lending and depository services from its main store in Lemoyne, Pennsylvania, and it's thirty-two other full-service stores located in Cumberland, Dauphin, York, Berks, Lancaster and Lebanon Counties, Pennsylvania. The Bank provides various retail banking services and products including free personal checking accounts and business checking accounts, regular savings accounts, money market accounts, interest checking accounts, fixed rate certificates of deposit (CDs), individual retirement accounts, club accounts, debit card services, online banking (including bill payment services, a peer to peer payment service via Popmoney, external Account to Account transfers and same day bill payment capabilities), mobile banking, gift cards, safe deposit facilities and automated teller facilities. Its services also include lending activities including commercial and industrial, owner occupied real estate, commercial construction and land development and commercial real estate loans, consumer loan programs, home equity lines of credit, overdraft checking protection, consumer and business credit cards. The Bank also offers construction loans and permanent mortgages for homes. The Bank is a participant in the Small Business Administration (SBA) Loan Program and is an approved lender for qualified applicants. The Bank competes with local commercial banks as well as various regionally based commercial banks. The Bank competes with respect to its lending activities as well as in attracting demand, savings and time deposits with other commercial banks, savings banks, insurance companies, regulated small loan companies, credit unions and with issuers of commercial paper and other securities such as shares in money market funds. The Company is subject to the jurisdiction of the SEC and of state securities commissions for matters relating to the offering and sale of its securities and is subject to the SEC's rules and regulations relating to periodic reporting, reporting to shareholders, proxy solicitation and insider trading.
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