Revenue
Selling price per unit x number of units sold
Variable costs
Variable cost per unit x number of units sold
Total costs
Fixed costs + Variable costs
Profit
Total revenue - Total costs
Market capitalisation of a business
Number of shares issued x Current share price
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)
Net gain
Expected value - initial cost of decision
Market Growth
Change in the size of the market over a period / original size of the market x 100
Market Share
Sales of one product / Total sales in market x 100
Added value
Sales revenue - costs of bought-in goods and services.
Labour Productivity
Output over time / number of employees
Unit costs (average costs)
Total costs / number of units of output
Capacity utilisation
Actual output / maximum possible output x 100
Return on investment
Profit from investment / Cost of investment x 100
Gross profit
Revenue - Cost of sales
Operating Profit
Gross profit - operating costs
Profit for the year
Operating profit + profit from other activities - net finance costs - tax
Gross Profit margin
Gross profit / revenue x 100
Operating profit margin
Operating profit / revenue x 100
Profit for the year margin
Profit for the year / revenue x 100
Variance
Budgeted figure - actual figure
Contribution per unit
Selling price - Variable costs per unit
Total contribution
Contribution per unit x Units sold
Break-even output
Fixed costs / Contribution per unit
Margin of safety
Actual level of output - Break-even level of output
Labour turnover
Number of staff leaving / number of staff in the business x 100
Employee retention rate for a particular time period
Number of employees who remain at business for whole time period / Number of employees at the start of the time period x 100
Employee costs as percentage turnover
Employee costs / Turnover x 100
Labour cost per unit
Labour costs / Units of output
ROCE (Return On Capital Employed)
Operating profit / Total equity + Non-current liabilities x 100
Capital employed
Total equity + Non-current liabilities
Current ratio
Current assets / Current liabilities
Gearing
Non-current liabilities / Total equity + Non-current liabilities x 100
Payables days
Payables / Cost of sales x 365
Receivables days
Receivables / Revenue x 365
Inventory turnover
Cost of sales / Average inventories held
Average rate of return
Average annual return / initial cost of project x 100