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Examples of events that would cause a security analyst to normalize a company's earnings are all the following except:
A. A legal settlement.
B. The closing of a plant.
C. A labor strike.
D. A change of chief executive officer.
| Normalize a companies earnings : | |||||||||
| It means remove the effects of one-time events or unusual events from the companies earnings. | |||||||||
| Normalizing the companies earning help to present real picture of companies | earnings and its operation. | ||||||||
| Many companies are incur different types of one-time gain or loss, | |||||||||
| such as legal compensation paid or legal compensation received. | |||||||||
| In both of these examples company receive real cash and it affects the financial | |||||||||
| position of the company, but still they are not provide companies real operational performance | |||||||||
| and hence it should be required that analyst must remove the effects of such transaction and | |||||||||
| normalized the earnings. | |||||||||
| Legal settlement - It is one time event and so companies earning must be adjusted for such event. | |||||||||
| Closing of a plant - It is also non-recurring or extraordinary events and earning should be normalized | |||||||||
| for such events. | |||||||||
| Labor Strike - Loss arises due to labor strike must be adjusted to see the real picture of | |||||||||
| companies earning, so it is also an example of events that require normalize | |||||||||
| companies earning. | |||||||||
| Change of Chief Executive Officer - It is not a such event which require normalization of earnings. | |||||||||
| Change in CEO are not affect the companies normal operation. It not caused | |||||||||
| to security analyst to normalized the companies earnings.. | |||||||||
| Option : D A change of Chief Executive Officer. | |||||||||