RATIO

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Created on: 06-04-14 12:05

GROSS PROFIT MARGIN - gross profit/revenue (x100)

this tells us about the business's ability to control its costs and to maintain a profit, a small increase/decrease in profit margin can affect overall profits

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NET PROFIT MARGIN - net profit(before tax&interest)/revenue (x100)

this measures the bottom line level of profit, after all expenses have been deducted

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ROCE (return on capital employed) net profit(before tax&interest)/capital employed (x100)

this percentage shows the return the business is making on its long term capital, capital employed is worked out by (ordinary share capital+reserves+preference share capital+loan capital)

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GROSS PROFIT MARK UP - gross profit/cost of sales (x100)

this tells us that every £1 of purchases contributes £1 to cover the companys overheads

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NET CURRENT ASSET RATIO - currents assets/current liabilites

A decent figure is between 2:1 to 1.8:1 , high ratios indicate a business has too much cash and have no idea what to invest in

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RATE OF INVENTORY TURNOVER - average inventoryx360days/cost of sales

average inventory = opening inventory+closing inventory/2

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TRADE RECEIVABLES COLLECTION PERIOD - receivablesx365/credit sales

this is the average number of days trade receivables take to pay, 30-60 days is acceptable

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Card 2

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this measures the bottom line level of profit, after all expenses have been deducted

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NET PROFIT MARGIN - net profit(before tax&interest)/revenue (x100)

Card 3

Front

this percentage shows the return the business is making on its long term capital, capital employed is worked out by (ordinary share capital+reserves+preference share capital+loan capital)

Back

Card 4

Front

this tells us that every £1 of purchases contributes £1 to cover the companys overheads

Back

Card 5

Front

A decent figure is between 2:1 to 1.8:1 , high ratios indicate a business has too much cash and have no idea what to invest in

Back

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