Business formulas

Cards (23)

  • Break even: Fixed costs/contribution per unit
  • Market shares: sales/total market sales x 100
  • Contribution per unit: selling price - variable price per unit
  • Profit: total revenue - total costs
  • Sales revenue: price x qty
  • Total costs: fixed costs + variable costs
  • Gross profit : revenue - costs of goods sold
  • Net profit: gross profit - all costs
  • Labour turnover: number of staff leaving / number of staff x 100
  • Labour productivity : output / number of employees
  • Absenteeism: number of employees absent / number of employees
  • Capacity utlisation : current output / max possible output x100
  • Working capital: current assets - current liabilities
  • Capital employed : total equity + non current liabilities
  • Price elasticity of demand: % change in qty demanded / % change in price
  • Income elasticity of demand : % change in qty demanded / % change in income
  • Acid test ratio : current assets - stock / current liabilities
  • Current ratio: current assets / current liabilities
  • Gearing: non current liabilities / capital employed x 100
  • ROCE: net profit / capital employed
  • Net cash flow: total inflows - total outflows
  • Straight line depreciation : cost - residual value / life
  • Annual rate of return: profit/initial cost x 100 1) accumulated cash flow - net cash flow x life
    2) profit - cash flow - initial cost
    3) average annual profit: profit / life
    4) average annual profit / initial cost x100