crisis. In contrast, the ability of cash flows to explain stock returns is very low during the precrisis, but increases over the periods. Overall, the findings suggest that financial statement users tend to use more cash flow information in making investing decisions rather than limited themselves to the earnings information. The results support the value relevance of cash flows beyond earnings information. Moreover, the results should be of interest to regulators such as standard setters in considering a requirement for NPAEs to prepare the statement of cash flows in the future.