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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. | |||||||||