Financial ratios

the ratio of a company's share price to the company's earnings per share

measure of the profitability of a business

finance term; profit on an investment

type of regulation on commercial banks

ratio to express the profitability of a company's assets in generating income

value of earnings per outstanding share of common stock for a company

company's liquid assets divided by its current liabilities

characteristic number

sales generated per dollar of assets

in finance, number describing the correlated volatility of an asset in relation to the volatility of the benchmark

liquidity ratio that measures whether or not a firm has enough resources to meet its short-term obligations

ratio between turnover and profit

measure of an investment's risk premium

expression which breaks ROE (return on equity) into three parts

relating operating profits to net sales

measure of the number of times inventory is sold or used in a time period

expresses the current share price as premium above the book value of a share

relating gross profits to net sales

ratio between a physical asset's market value and its replacement value

ratio measuring a firm's ability to meet its interest payments

financial ratio that indicates the percentage of a company's assets that are provided via debt

latest declared or latest announced dividend expressed as multiple of current share price

model for assessing likelihood of bankruptcy

financial term used by lenders

model parameters in mathematical finance

ratio of a bank's capital to its risk

price/earnings to growth ratio, a stock price analysis tool

measure of financial risk

Measures a company's share price in terms of its sales

financial ratio indicating the proportion of equity used to finance a company's assets

length of time it takes a company to convert resource inputs to cash flows

financial ratio indicating the relative proportion of shareholders' equity and debt used to finance a company's assets

risk-adjusted measure of the so-called active return on an investment

a method for measuring extra-financial value (e.g. social or environmental) of an investment

measure for the return an investment generates for capital contributors

financial metric

used in finance as a measure of the returns that a company is realising from its capital employed

measure of how revenue growth translates into growth in operating income

stock market valuation measure

Measurement in finance

measure of the ability of a debtor to pay their debts as and when they fall due

financial ratio

profitability measurement framework

Financial ratio

effectiveness of a business in collecting its credit sales from customers

ratio

measure of growth in sales

Average elapsed time (in days) between a sale and the collection of cash. Reciprocal of Receivables turnover ratio.

Measure of the total cost of an investment fund

EPS expressesd as a percentage of the share price. Numerically the reciprocal of P/E.

aggregate stock market valuation metric

At the micro-economic level, deleveraging refers to the reduction of the leverage ratio, or the percentage of debt in the balance sheet of a single economic entity, such as a household or a firm. It is the opposite of leveraging, which is the practice of borrowing money to acquire assets and multiply gains and losses.

indicator of value for money of a project or proposal

indicator of expenses as a percentage of revenue; i.e. how many euros one spends to make a euro

Ratio of losses to gains

financial ratio

calculation of investment performance