RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
There are some of 585 companies, the population of this research puts aside those
companies under restoration, in the service business, in the consumer product business, in
the resources business, in the technological business, and companies with an accounting
period other than December 31 were excluded from the population sample for this
research. Therefore, the sample group consists of 470 companies.
The researcher collects data from the financial statement of the companies in the Stock
Exchange of Thailand (Set Smart) and from the Security and Exchange Commission from 2007
to 2012, a total of 5 years, to use in the multiple regression analysis to test the hypothesis
(Zikmund, 2008).
FINDINGS
The analysis of the relationship of cash flow ratios and future earning and financial costs
of companies listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand. The researcher uses multiple
regression analysis from all the analyzed units from the sample groups and sub-group analysis
of each business group. The results of the analysis are as follows:
1. The analysis of the relationship of cash flow ratios and future earnings of all analyzed
units of the sample group, from Table 1, reveals that cash flow ratios from operations to total
liabilities, cash flow ratios from operations to total assets, cash flow ratios from operations to
operations earnings, cash flow ratios from operations to owner’s equity, cash flow ratios from
operations to investing in fixed assets, and cash flow ratios from operations to sales is
significantly related to future earnings. As for controlled variables, which are business size
and business risk, these are also related to future earnings.
2. The analysis of the relationship of cash flow ratios and financial costs of all the
analyzedunits from the sample group, from Table 1, reveals that cash flow ratios from
operations to owner’s equity, cash flow ratios from operations to total assets, cash flow ratios
from operations to operations earnings, cash flow ratios from operations to total liabilities, and
cash flow ratios from operations to sales is significantly related to financial costs. As for
controlled variable, which is business size, this is also related to financial costs.