The effect of financial ratios derived from operating cash flows on Jordanian commercial banks earnings per share

Abstract

This study tries to investigate the effect of operating cash flows ratios, which are (operating cash flows attributed to net income, operating cash flows attributed to credit facilities, and operating cash flows attributed to deposits) on earnings per share. The study was applied on Jordanian commercial banks listed on the Amman Stock Exchange during the period (2013-2017), and multiple regression analysis was used to test the study hypotheses. The most important results revealed by the study were: the ratio of operating cash flows attributed to credit facilities is considered as the most important ratio derived from the cash flow statement helping in determining the earnings per share in Jordanian commercial banks. And there is a statistically significant effect of operating cash flows attributed to net income, operating cash flows attributed to credit facilities, and operating cash flows attributed to deposit on earnings per share in Jordanian commercial banks.