Business Formulas + Key data

AQA A level Business

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ALL KEY DATA AND FORMULAS FROM SPEC :)

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total costs
fixed costs+variable costs
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profit
revenue-costs OR total contribution-fixed costs
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total variable costs
variable cost per unit x number of units sold
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total revune (sales revenue or turnover)
selling price x number of units sold
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market capitalisation of a business
number of shares issued x current share price
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expected value of a decision with 2 possible outcomes
(pay off of A x probability of A) + (pay off of B x probability of B) N.B probability of A = probability of B=1.0
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decision tree, net gain
expected value-cost of decision
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market size/volume
quantity of goods and services produced in a particular market over a period of time, usually a year
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market size/value
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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sales volume
quantity of goods and services produced by a particular business over a period of time, usually a year
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sales value
the total sales revenue of a particular business over a period of time, usually a year
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market growth %
change in size of market / original size of market x100
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sales growth %
change in sales / original value x 100
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market share %
specific sales / total sales x 100
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price elasticity of demand
% change in quantity demanded / % change in price
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added value/value added
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/average costs
total costs of production / number of outputs produced
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capacity utilisation %
actual output in time period / max possible output in time period x 100
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return on investment %
return on investment / cost of decision x 100
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gross profit
sales revenue-cost of sales
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profit from operation/operating profit
sales revenue-cost of sales-operationg costs
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yearly profit
operating profit+profit from other activity-net finance costs-tax
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variances
the difference between an actual and budgeted figure. adverse is bad and favourable is good
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contribution per unit
selling price-variable cost per unit
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total contribution
contribution per unit x units produced or sold OR total revenue-total variable costs
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breakeven output
fixed costs / contribution per unit
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margin of safety
actual output-breakeven output
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gross profit margin %
gross profit / sales revenue x 100
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profit from operations margin/operation profit margin %
operating profit / sales revenue x 100
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profit for year margin %
profit for year / sales revenue x 100
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labour turnover %
number of staff leaving in year / average number of staff employes there a year x 100
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employee retention rate % for time period
number of employees at end of time period-number of leavers / number of employees at end of period x 100
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employee costs as percentage or turnover %
employee costs / sales turnover x 100
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labour cost per unit
labour costs / units of output
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return on capital employed (ROCE) %
non current liabilities / total equity + non current liabilities x 100 where total equity+non current liabilities=capital employed
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current ratio
current assets / current liabilities
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gearing %
non current liabilities / total equity+ non current liabilities x 100 where total equity+non current liabilities=capital employed
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payables days
payables / cost of sales x365 where payables=creditors
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receivables days
receivables / sales revenue x365 where receivables=debtors
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inventory turnover
cost of goods sold / average inventories held
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average rate of return %
net return from project £ or number of years / initial cost of project £ x100
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break even chart, output
the break even output is where total revenue equals total costs
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break even chart, profit
the level of profit at a given level of output is the vertical distance between the total revenue line and the total cost line
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Other cards in this set

Card 2

Front

revenue-costs OR total contribution-fixed costs

Back

profit

Card 3

Front

variable cost per unit x number of units sold

Back

Preview of the back of card 3

Card 4

Front

selling price x number of units sold

Back

Preview of the back of card 4

Card 5

Front

number of shares issued x current share price

Back

Preview of the back of card 5
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