Definitions Flashcards
P/E ratio
Price to earnings ratio -
(Current market price of share) / (EPS)
“compares the company’s share price with its earnings per share”
EPS
Earnings per share -
Profit) / (Number of shares
Convertible loan stock
“A type of loan stock which can be directly converted to common shares under specified conditions and with a predetermined conversion rate.”
Fixed interest investment that can be converted into shares.
FRN
Floating Rate Note -
A bond
Issued by companies
Interest not fixed
Rather, linked to a money market rate like SONIA
SONIA
Sterling Overnight Interbank Average Rate
SDLT
Stamp Duty Land Tax -
No SD is paid if no land transfer takes place.
SDRT
Stamp Duty Reserve Tax -
Government taxes charged on the transfer of UK-registered shares bought electronically through CREST
CREST
Certificateless Registry for Electronic Share Transfer
Stock transfer form
A means of purchasing shares. If used, SD (not SDRT) is paid when shares worth over £1000 are purchased.
Running yield
Interest -
The income return an investor receives on the amount paid for a bond
Redemption yield
Measures the capital and income return on a particular share until wind up, expressed as an annual percentage.
The total amount of money you’ll get from this bond between now and it’s redemption.
Cum dividend
(With) When you pay for a bond + all the interest accrued since the start of this period.
Ex dividend
When you buy a bond within the 7 working days between interest registration and payment. You are compensated for this.
Clean price
The price of a bond without considering any accrued interest. This is what is quoted on the financial times
Mid-price
The price at the mid-point between the buying and selling prices of a bond on the market. An investor would pay a higher price to purchase a bond and receive a lower price to sell one.
Dirty price
The total amount paid by the purchaser of a bond. The clean price +- interest adjustment.
Dividend cover
Measures how many times the dividend could be paid out of the available current earnings. It indicates the margin of safety that a company has in paying it’s dividends.
FTSE All-share
Tracks FTSE 100, 250, and SmallCap.
Rent-a-room relief
Individuals who receive rent from letting rooms in their own homes are entitled to a special exemption from tax. £7500 p.a. Tax free
Property income allowance
An annual £1000 allowance in which property income is exempt from tax
Property income tax
20% tax
If rent a room relief - £7500 allowance
If not - £1000 allowance
M0
“Narrow money” - A measure of notes & coins in circulation + banks’ operational deposits with the BoE