Key Business formulae Flashcards

1
Q

What do the values of PeD show

A

Price inalstic = 0 to -1
Price elastic = -1 to infity

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2
Q

Variable costs (total variable costs)

A

Variable cost per unit x number of units sold

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3
Q

Total revenue (sales revenue or turnover)

A

Selling price per unit x number of units sold

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4
Q

Total costs

A

fixed cost + variable cost

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5
Q

Profit

A

total revenue-total cost
or
total contributions- fixed costs

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6
Q

Market capitalisation of a business

A

Number of issued shares x current share price

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7
Q

in a decision tree how do you calculate net gain

A

Expected value- initial cost of decision

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8
Q

how do you calculate Variance

A

the difference between an actual and a budgeted figure

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9
Q

how do you calculate Unit cost

A

Total cost of production / Number of units of output produced

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10
Q

how do you calculate Total contribution

A

Cotirbuition per unit x Units produced/sold
Or
Total revennue- total variable costs

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11
Q

How do you calculate Sales Growth (%) in year X

A

Change in sales of product/ sales of product x 100

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12
Q

how do you calculate Return on investment (%)

A

Return on investment / cost of investment x 100

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13
Q

How do you calculate Return on capital employeed (ROCE)

A

(Operating profit
/total equity + non current Liabilities) x 100

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14
Q

How do you calculate Recievable days

A

Recievables / sales revevenue x 365

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15
Q

how do you calculate Re-order quantity

A

Lead time (in days) x Average daily usage

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16
Q

how do you calculate Re-order level

A

re-order quantity + Minimum inventory level

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17
Q

How do you calculate Profit for year margin

A

profit for year / sales revenue x 100

18
Q

how do you calculate Profit for year

A

Operating profit + profit from other activities - Net finance cost - Tax

19
Q

How do you calculate Price elasticity of demand

A

% change in demand / % change in price

20
Q

How do you calculate Payables days

A

Payable / costs of sales x 365

21
Q

How do you calculate Operating Profit margin

A

Operating profit / sales revenue x 100

22
Q

How do you calculate Market share (%)

A

sales of one product or brand or business/ total sales in market x 100

23
Q

How do you calculate Market Growth

A

Change in the size of the market between year (x-1) and year x / size of market in year x 100

24
Q

How do you calculate Margin of safety

A

Actual level of output -Breakeven level

25
Q

How do you calculate Labour turnover

A

Number of staff leaving during the year / Average number of staff employed by the business during the year x 100

26
Q

how do you calculate Labour productivity

A

Output per time period / number of employees

27
Q

How do you calculate Labour costs per unit

A

Labour costs / units of output

28
Q

How do you calculate Inventory Turnover

A

Cost of goods sold/ Average inventories held

29
Q

How do you calculate Gross profit margin

A

Gross profit / sales revenue x 100

30
Q

how do you calculate Gross profit

A

Sales revenue - Cost of sales

31
Q

How do you calculate Gearing

A

Non current liabilities / total equity + non-current liabilities x 100

32
Q

How do you calculate Employee retention rate

A

Number of employees at the end of period-number of leavers/ number of employees at the end of period x 100

33
Q

How do you calculate Employee costs as percentage of turnover

A

Employee costs / Sales turnover x 100

34
Q

How do you calculate Current ratio

A

Current assets / Current Liabilities

35
Q

how do you calculate Contribution per unit

A

Selling price - Variable cost per unit

36
Q

how do you calculate Capacity utilisation

A

(Actual output in a given time period/ Maximum possible output in a given a time period) x 100

37
Q

how do you calculate Break even

A

Fixed costs / contribution x 100
OR
Total Revenue = Total costs

38
Q

How do you calculate Average rate of return

A

(Net return from project/number of years
Initial costs of project) x 100

39
Q

how do you calculate Added value

A

Sales revenue-cost of bought-in goods and services

40
Q

Expected value of a decision with two possible outcomes - A&B

A

[Pay-off of A x probability] + [Pay-off of B x probability of B]