2.3.1 - Profits Flashcards

1
Q

How is profit calculated?

A

Profit = total revenue - total costs

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2
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What are the three types of profit?

A
  • gross profit
  • operating profit
  • profit for the year
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3
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What is a statement of comprehensive income?

A

Financial document that summarises a business’ trading activities and expenses to show whether its made a profit or a loss

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4
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What is sales revenue?

A

Money coming in from sales

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5
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What is cost of sales?

A

Costs directly linked to production

E. G. raw materials

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5
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What is cost of sales?

A

Costs directly linked to production

E. G. raw materials

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6
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What is gross profit? (calculation)

A

Sales revenue - cost of sales

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7
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What are Other Operating Expenses?

A

Other costs associated with the trading of the business

E. G. Salaries

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8
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What is operating profit? (calculation)

A

Gross profit - expenses

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9
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What is interest and taxation?

A

Interest paid on debt or received plus tax payable of profit

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10
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What are exceptional items?

A

Any unusually large or infrequent transactions

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11
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What is net profit (profit for the year)?

calculation

A

Operating profit - interest and taxation

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12
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What does profitability measure?

A

The financial performance of a business by comparing profits achieved to a second variable
E. G. Revenue

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13
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What are the three profitability ratios?

A
  • gross profit margin
  • operating profit margin
  • net profit margin
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14
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What does GPM measure?

A

A firms profitability by looking at the relationship between gross profit and sales revenue

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15
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How is GPM calculated?

A

Gp/Sr *100

16
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What does a low or falling GPM indicate?

A
  • poor management of cost of sales

* sales in decline

17
Q

What does OPM measure?

A

A firms profitability by looking at the relationship between net profit and sales revenue

18
Q

How is OPM calculated?

A

Op/Sr*100

19
Q

What does a low or falling OPM indicate?

A
  • poor management of expenses (wages)

* sales in decline

20
Q

What does NPM measure?

A

A firms profitability by looking at the relationship between net profit and sales revenue

21
Q

How is NPM calculated?

A

Np/Sr*100

22
Q

What does a low or falling NPM indicate?

A
  • gp or op is in decline
  • changes in interest rates
  • changes in taxation
23
Q

How can profitability be increased?

A
  • sell same quantity but increase the price
  • sell more at current price
  • reduce costs
24
Q

What is cash?

A

Physical existence of money within the business

25
Q

What is cash flow?

A

Timings of cash flowing in and out of the business