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LC Accounting Ratios
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Return on Capital Employed | Net Profit (before interest and tax) / capital employed X 100 |
| Return on Shareholder's Funds | Net Profit (after tax and preference dividends) / shareholder's funds X 100 |
| Gross Profit percent | Gross Profit / Sales X 100 |
| Mark Up | Gross Profit / Cost of Sales X 100 |
| Net Profit percent | Net Profit / Sales X 100 |
| Expenses as a percent of sales | Expenses / sales X 100 |
| Working Capital | Current assets - current liabilities |
| Working Capital Ratio | Current assets / current liabilities |
| Acid test | current assets - closing stock / current liabilities |
| Liquid Assets | Current assets - closing stock |
| Rate of Stock Turnover | cost of sales / average stock |
| average stock | opening stock + closing stock / 2 |
| Period of Credit given to debtors | debtors X 12 / credit sales |
| Period of Credit received from Creditors | creditors X 12 / credit purchases |
| Interest Cover | net profit ( before interest and tax) / interest for the year |
| Debt capital | preference shares + debentures + long term loan |
| equity capital | ordinary shares + reserves |
| gearing ratio | debt capital / capital employed |
| earnings per share | net profit - preference dividends / no. of ordinary shares X 100 |
| dividend per share | ordinary dividends / no. of ordinary shares issued X 100 |
| Price Earnings Ratio | market price per share / EPS |
| Period to recoup price at present pay-out | market price per share / dividends per share |
| Dividend Cover | EPS / DPS |
| Dividend Yield | dividend per share / market price per share X 100 |
| real return on sales | dividend cover X dividend yield |
| real value of shares | last year's PE ratio X this year's EPS |
| projected market value of shares | price earnings ration X EPS |
| Percentage of Profits paid out | DPS / EPS X 100 |