Corning Incorporated Cash from Operations

Metrics similar to Cash from Operations in the financials category include:

• Deferred Charges Long-term - Non-current costs that are deferred and amortized over time or prepaid and earned at a later date.
• Deferred Tax Assets Current - An asset creating by a difference between accounting for income tax purposes and financial reporting purposes
• Corporate Tax Rate (Operating Country) - Corporate tax rate in the country where the company operates.
• Goodwill - This item represents the excess of purchase price paid over the fair market value of net assets acquired, net of any write downs for impairment in value. Goodwill is now no longer amortized over an estimated useful life as was being done earlier (prior to SFAS 142). Instead the balance of goodwill has to be assessed at every reporting period and a write down for impairment has to be recognized when determined. The assessment for impairment is done by applying a fair value based test.