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All Introductory Formulas

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Formula
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show 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   show The maximum growth rate a firm can achieve without resorting to external financing.  
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Sustainable Growth Rate   show The annual percentage of increase in sales defined by Retention, Profitability, Efficiency, and Leverage  
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show NI / Sales   The amount of net income earned with each dollar of sales generated.  
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show Sales / Beginning Assets   The total sales generated per dollar of assets.  
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Financial Leverage (aka. Equity Multiplier)   Begin Assets / Beginning Equity   show
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Gross Margin   Gross Profit / Sales   show
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Operating Margin   Operating Profit / Sales   show
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show Net Income / Sales   Indicates how much profit each dollar of sales generates.  
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show Net Income / Beginning Assets   Indicates how efficiently a company is utilizing its assets.  
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show Net Income / Beginning Equity   An indication of profitability per dollar of beginning equity.  
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Return On Beginning Equity (ROBE) (DuPont Model)   show A measure which integrates Profitability, Efficiency, and Leverage, indicating profitability per dollar of equity.  
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show Net Income / Ending Equity   An indication of profitability per dollar of ending equity.  
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show 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   show
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Asset Turnover   Sales / Assets   show
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Fixed Asset Turnover   Sales / Net PP&E   show
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show Sales / Inventory   How many times a company has sold and replaced inventory during a given period.  
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show (Average Inventory / COGS) * 365   The average number of days required to turn inventory into sales.  
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show (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   show
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Payables Period   show The average number of days taken to pay suppliers.  
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Current Ratio   Current Assets / Current Liabilities   show
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Quick Ratio   show 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   show
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Interval Measure   (Cash + Securities + Receivables / Operations Costs) * 365   show
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Debt Ratio   (Interest Bearing Debt + Leases) / (Int. Bearing Debt + Leases + Equity)   show
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Times-Interest Earned Ratio   EBIT / Interest   show
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EBITDA Margin   EBITDA / Total Revenue   show
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Times-burden Covered   EBIT / Interest + (Principle Payments / 1 - Tax Rate)   show
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Debt To Equity   show 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   show The percentage of assets acquired without debt.  
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show Fixed Costs / Variable Costs   A measure of risk, indicating the balance of fixed and variable costs  
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show Sales / Fixed Costs   The revenue generated per dollar of fixed costs.  
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Contribution Margin   show The marginal revenue generated per dollar of sales.  
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Payout Ratio   Dividends / Net Income   show
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Days' Sales in Receivables   show The number of days it takes a company to collect cash from its credit sales  
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show 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   show
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show (Cash + Securities) / (Sales / 365)   On average, the number days of average sales a company keeps in highly-liquid assets.  
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