Business equations Flashcards

1
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Revenue/ sales/ turnover

A

Selling p/unit X Number of units sold

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2
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Variable costs

A

Variable Cost p/unit X Number of units sold

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3
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Total costs

A

Fixed costs + Variable costs

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4
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Profit (2)

A

Total rev - Total costs

Total - Fixed costs

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5
Q

Market capitalisation

A

Number of issued shares X current share price

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6
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Net gain

A

Expected value - initial cost of decision

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7
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Market growth (%)

A

Change in size of the market over a period / Original size of the market X 100

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8
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Market Share (%)

A

Sales of product/brand/business / Total sales in the market X 100

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9
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Added value

A

Sales rev - Cost of bought in goods and services

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10
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Labour productivity

A

output over a time period /Number of employees

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11
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Unit costs (av)

A

Total costs / Number of units of output

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12
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Capacity utilisation (%)

A

Actual output / maximum possible output X 100

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13
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Return on investment (%)

A

Profit from the investment / Cost of the investment X 100

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14
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Gross profit

A

Revenue - Cost of sales

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15
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Profit from operations

A

Gross profit - operating expenses

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16
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Profit for the year

A

Operating profit + Profit from other activities - Net finances costs - Tax

17
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Gross profit margin (%)

A

Gross profit / revenue X 100

18
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Profit from operations margin (%)

A

Operation profit / revenue X 100

19
Q

Profit for year margin (%)

A

profit for year / revenue X 100

20
Q

Variance

A

Budgeted figure - actual figure

21
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Contribution per unit

A

Selling price - Variable costs per unit

22
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Total contribution

A

Contribution per unit X units sold

Total rev - total variable costs

23
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Break even output

A

Fixed costs / contribution p/unit

24
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Margin of safety

A

actual level of output - break even level of output

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Labour turnover
Number of staff leaving / Number of staff employed by the business X 100
26
Employee retention rate % for a particular time period
No' of employees who remained at business for a whole period of time / no' of employees at the start of time period X 100
27
Employee costs as percentage of turnover
employee costs / turnover X 100
28
Labour costs per unit
Labour costs / units of output
29
ROCE | total equity + non current liabilities = capital employed
operating profit / total equity + non - current liabilities X 100
30
current ratio
current assets / current liabilities
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Gearing (%) | total equity + non - current liabilities = capital employed
non current liabilities / Total equity + non - current liabilities X 100
32
Payables days
receivables / revenue X 365
33
Inventory turnover
Cost of sales / Average inventories held
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Average rate of return (%)
Average annual return / Initial cost of project X 100