Business Equations and Definitions

from the AQA formula sheet with a few extra ive found that I needed

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  • Created on: 17-05-18 14:36
Total costs
Fixed costs + Variable costs
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Profit
Total revenue - Total costs OR Total contribution - Fixed costs
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Variable costs (total VC)
Variable cost per unit × Number of units sold
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Total revenue (Sales revenue or Turnover)
Selling price per unit × Number of units sold
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Market capitalisation of a business
Number of issued shares × Current share price
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Expected value of a decision with two possible outcomes
(Pay-off of A × probability of A) + (Pay-off of B × probability of B)
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In a decision tree Net gain
Expected value - Initial cost of decision
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Market growth % in year'X
(Change in the size of the market between year X-1 and year X / Size of the market in year (X-1)) x100
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Sales growth % in year'X
(Change in sales of product or business between year X-1 and year X / Sales of product or business in year (X-1)) x100
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Market share (%)
(Sales of one product OR brand OR business / Total sales in the market) x100
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Price elasticity of demand
Change in quantity demanded / change in price
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Income elasticity of demand
Change in quantity demanded / change in income
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Added value
Sales revenue-costs of bought-in goods and services
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Labour productivity
Output per time period / Number of employees
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Unit costs
Total costs of production / Number of units of output produced
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Capacity utilisation %
Actual output in a given time period / Maximum possible output in a given time period x100
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Return on investment %
(Return on investment (£) / Cost of the investment (£)) x100
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Gross Profit
Sales Revenue - Cost of Sales
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Operating profit
Sales Revenue - Cost of Sales - Operating Expenses
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Profit for year
Operating profit + Profit from other activities - Net finance costs - Tax
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Contribution per unit
Selling price - Variable costs per unit
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Total contribution
Contribution per unit × Units produced or sold OR Total revenue - Total variable costs
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Break-even output
Fixed costs / Contribution per unit
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Margin of safety
Actual level of output - Breakeven level of output
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Gross profit margin %
(Gross Profit / Sales Revenue) x100
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Operating profit margin %
(Operating Profit / Sales Revenue) x100
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Profit for year margin %
(Profit for the Year / Sales Revenue) x100
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Labour turnover %
(Number of staff leaving during the year /Average number of staff employed by the business during the year) x100
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Employee retention rate % for a particular time period
(Number of employees at end of period-number of leavers / Number of employees at end of period) x100
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Employee costs as percentage of turnover
(Employee costs / Sales turnover) x100
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Labour cost per unit
Labour costs / Units of output
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capital employed
total equity + non-current liabilities
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Return on capital employed (ROCE %)
(operating profit / capital employed) x100
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Current ratio
Current assets / Current liabilities
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Gearing %
(Non-current liabilities / capital employed) x100
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Payables days
(Payables / cost of sales) x365
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Card 2

Front

Profit

Back

Total revenue - Total costs OR Total contribution - Fixed costs

Card 3

Front

Variable costs (total VC)

Back

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Card 4

Front

Total revenue (Sales revenue or Turnover)

Back

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Card 5

Front

Market capitalisation of a business

Back

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