Business Formulas Flashcards

(37 cards)

1
Q

Total costs

A

Fixed costs + variable costs

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2
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Profit

A

Total revenue - total costs

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3
Q

Total variable costs

A

Variable cost per unit x number of units sold

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4
Q

Total revenue

A

Selling price x units sold

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5
Q

Market capitalisation

A

Number of issues shared x current share price

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6
Q

Expected value

A

Probability of A x possible outcome of A
+
Probability of B x possible outcome of B

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7
Q

Net gain (decision tree)

A

Expected value - cost of decision

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8
Q

Market size (volume)

A

Quantity of goods and services produced in a particular market over a period of time (usually a year)

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9
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Market size (value)

A

Total sales revenue generated from selling all of the goods and services produced in a particular market over a period of time (usually a year

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10
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Sales volume

A

The quantity of goods and services produced by a particular business over a period of time (usually a year)

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11
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Sales value

A

The total sales revenue of a particular business over a period of time (usually a year)

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12
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Market growth (%) in year ‘X’

A

Change in sales of the market between year (x-1) and year x

/

Size of the market in year (x-1)

X 100

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13
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Sales (%) in year ‘x’

A

Change in sales of product or business between year (x-1) and year x

/

Sales of product or business in year (x-1)

X 100

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14
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Market share (%)

A

Sales of one product or brand or business

/

Total sales in the market

X 100

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15
Q

Added value

A

Sales revenue - costs of bought in goods and services

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16
Q

Labour productivity

A

Output per time period
/
No of employees

17
Q

Unit costs (average costs)

A

Total costs of production
/
No of units of output produced

18
Q

Capacity utilisation

A

Actual output in time period
/
Max possible output in time period

X 100

19
Q

Return on investment (%)

A

Return on investment
/
Cost of investment
X 100

20
Q

Gross profit

A

Sales revenue - cost of sales

21
Q

Operating profit

A

Sales revenue - cost of sales - operating expenses

22
Q

Profit for the year

A

Operating profit + profit from other activities - net finance costs - tax

23
Q

Variance

A

The difference between the budgeted figure and the actual figure

24
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Contribution per unit

A

Selling price - variable costs per unit

25
Total contribution
= contribution per unit x units sold OR = total revenue - total variable costs
26
Break even output
Fixed costs / Contribution per unit
27
Margin of safety
Actual level of output - breakeven level of output
28
Gross profit margin (%)
Gross profit / Sales revenue X100
29
Operating profit margin (%)
Operating profit / Sales revenue X100
30
Profit for the year margin (%)
Profit for the year / Sales revenue X100
31
Labour turnover (%)
No of staff leaving during year / Av no of staff employed during year X100
32
Employee retention rate (%) for particular time period
No of employees at end of period - no of leavers / Number of employees at the end of the period X 100
33
Employee costs as a percentage of turnover
Employee costs / Sales turnover X 100
34
Labour costs per unit
Labour costs / Units of output
35
Current ratio
Current assets / Current liabilities
36
Inventory turnover
Cost of goods sold / Av inventories held
37
Average rate of return (%)
Net return from project or number of years / Initial cost of project X 100