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All Introductory Formulas

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Retention Rate   1 - Payout Ratio   The percentage of net income that is retained to grow the business, rather than being paid out.  
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Internal Growth Rate   Retention Rate * ROBA   The maximum growth rate a firm can achieve without resorting to external financing.  
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Sustainable Growth Rate   Retention Rate * ROBE   The annual percentage of increase in sales defined by Retention, Profitability, Efficiency, and Leverage  
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Profit Margin   NI / Sales   The amount of net income earned with each dollar of sales generated.  
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Asset Turnover   Sales / Beginning Assets   The total sales generated per dollar of assets.  
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Financial Leverage (aka. Equity Multiplier)   Begin Assets / Beginning Equity   An indication of how asset purchases were financed. A high ratio indicates the company has used more debt than equity to finance asset purchases.  
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Gross Margin   Gross Profit / Sales   The percent of total sales revenue retained after incurring the direct costs associated with producing the goods and services it sells  
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Operating Margin   Operating Profit / Sales   Indicates how much profit a company makes on a dollar of sales, after paying for variable costs of production (wages, raw materials), but before paying interest or tax.  
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Net Margin   Net Income / Sales   Indicates how much profit each dollar of sales generates.  
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Return On Beginning Assets (ROBA)   Net Income / Beginning Assets   Indicates how efficiently a company is utilizing its assets.  
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Return On Beginning Equity (ROBE)   Net Income / Beginning Equity   An indication of profitability per dollar of beginning equity.  
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Return On Beginning Equity (ROBE) (DuPont Model)   Profit Margin * Asset Turnover * Financial Leverage   A measure which integrates Profitability, Efficiency, and Leverage, indicating profitability per dollar of equity.  
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Return On Ending Equity (ROEE)   Net Income / Ending Equity   An indication of profitability per dollar of ending equity.  
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Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)   EBIT * (1-Tax Rate) / Interest-bearing debt + Equity   Reflects how well a company is using its money to generate returns. It is used to assess a company's efficiency at allocating the capital under its control to profitable investments.  
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Pretax Return on Invested Capital   EBIT / Interest-bearing debt + Equity   Indicates the profitability, before interest and taxes, generated per dollar of invested capital.  
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Asset Turnover   Sales / Assets   Reflects how well a company is using it's assets to generate revenue. The revenue generated per dollar of assets.  
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Fixed Asset Turnover   Sales / Net PP&E   Reflects the ability to generate sales from fixed-asset investments (property, plant and equipment) net of depreciation.  
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Inventory Turnover   Sales / Inventory   How many times a company has sold and replaced inventory during a given period.  
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Days In Inventory   (Average Inventory / COGS) * 365   The average number of days required to turn inventory into sales.  
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Collection Period   (Average Accounts Receivable / Credit Sales) * 365   The average number of days it takes to receive payments owed.  
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Cash Conversion Cycle   Days In Inventory + Collection Period - Payables Period   The average number of days it takes to convert inventory and receivables to cash, net the average number of days taken to pay suppliers.  
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Payables Period   (Average Accounts Payable / Credit Purchases) * 365   The average number of days taken to pay suppliers.  
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Current Ratio   Current Assets / Current Liabilities   The ability to pay short-term liabilities with short-term assets.  
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Quick Ratio   (Cash + Marketable Securities + Receivables) / Current Liabilities   Also known as the "acid-test" ratio, a more conservative reflection of the ability to pay short-term liabilities with short-term assets (excluding assets, such as inventory, which are more challenging to liquidate).  
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Cash Ratio   (Cash + ST Securities) / Current Liabilities   A very conservative evaluation of the ability to pay its short-term liabilities with very liquid, short term assets.  
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Interval Measure   (Cash + Securities + Receivables / Operations Costs) * 365   How many days a company can cover it's daily operations costs with short-term assets (excluding inventory).  
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Debt Ratio   (Interest Bearing Debt + Leases) / (Int. Bearing Debt + Leases + Equity)   The extent to which debt has been used to finance operations. The fraction of capital provided by debt, as opposed to equity.  
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Times-Interest Earned Ratio   EBIT / Interest   A measure of how many times a company can cover its interest charges on a pretax earnings basis.  
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EBITDA Margin   EBITDA / Total Revenue   A firm's operating profitability as a percentage of its total revenue. Reflects operating profitability and cash flow.  
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Times-burden Covered   EBIT / Interest + (Principle Payments / 1 - Tax Rate)   Reflects how many times over a company could pay its outstanding debt installments using its earnings.  
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Debt To Equity   Total Liabilities / Total Shareholders' Equity   Assessment of financial leverage. The extent to which a company is taking on debt as a means of leveraging its assets.  
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Equity To Asset Ratio   Equity / Total Assets   The percentage of assets acquired without debt.  
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Fixed to Variable Cost   Fixed Costs / Variable Costs   A measure of risk, indicating the balance of fixed and variable costs  
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Sales to Fixed Costs   Sales / Fixed Costs   The revenue generated per dollar of fixed costs.  
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Contribution Margin   (Revenue - Variable Costs) / Sales   The marginal revenue generated per dollar of sales.  
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Payout Ratio   Dividends / Net Income   The ratio of how much is paid out to investors per dollar of earnings.  
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Days' Sales in Receivables   (Accounts Receivable / Sales) * 365   The number of days it takes a company to collect cash from its credit sales  
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Days' to liquidate inventory   365 / Inventory Turnover   The number of days it takes to sell the inventory on hand.  
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Payout Ratio (per share)   Dividends Per Share / Earnings Per Share   A per-share calculation of the payout ratio. Indicates how much is paid out to investors per dollar of earnings.  
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Days' Sales in Cash   (Cash + Securities) / (Sales / 365)   On average, the number days of average sales a company keeps in highly-liquid assets.  
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