By: Geetika Sharma | 2010-03-31 | Investing Profitability ratios are used by investors and analysts to evaluate a company's ability to generate earnings as compared to its competitors and other industry players. They also highlight the strength and efficiency of a company's business model. There are two types of profitability ratios; profit margin ratios and rate of return ratios. read more
By: M. Guerrero | 2010-03-29 | Small Business Because of murky language, many business owners get confused by the indiscriminate use of two useful measures of profitability. While the gross profit yields an amount in dollars, the gross profit ratio establishes a basis for comparison with other businesses in the same industry. read more
By: Benny | 2011-09-08 | College Profit volume ratio is the relation between contribution and sales expressed as a percentage indicating the intrinsic strength of a product which denotes as to what is the contribution from sales revenue of each rupee. read more
By: yaya | 2010-10-11 | Online Business In the first two years of listing, the company able to maintain about 25 million yuan net profit a year, the financial indicators are also relatively stable read more
By: Jim Walker | 2010-12-15 | Manufacturing Four ways to improve flexographic printing profit margin include speeding up production, reducing material waste, buying cost effective equipment, and taking on more profitable work. Using the Servo 3000 made by Rotary Technologies helps the printer accomplish all of these. read more
By: Randika Lalith Abeysinghe | 2010-04-01 | Management Marginal cost-plus pricing/mark- up pricing is a method of determining the sales price by adding a profit margin on to either marginal cost of production or marginal cost of sales. Whereas a full cost- plus approach to pricing draws attention to net profit and the net profit margin, a variable cost-plus approach to pricing draws attention to gross profit and the gross profit margin, or contribution. read more
By: MOHAMMAD WAHID ABDULLAH KHAN | 2010-12-18 | Accounting Cash flow means everything that affects company's bank balance. That includes sources of cash that might never impact profits. Believe the result of going to the bank to borrow money. Get the loan, put the money into the bank account, and thus experience positive cash flow. Wouldn't effect in company's profits as a result of the loan good things company's might do with the money later when profits will improve read more
By: gaga | 2011-01-02 | Business May 20 hearing, according to media reports in Hong Kong, 2010 Raw materials Prices soar and good financial results last year, food stocks, in the first quarter earnings substantially, "aliasing" column earlier tasting Unity Enterprise (220), first quarter profit sharply fell by 44%, and even the recently announced first quarter results table Master Kong (322) also rose by only 10% of the profit and gross margin also record the lowest since 2004 read more
By: Christina Pomoni | 2009-09-19 | Investing Financial ratio analysis helps analysts to identify problem areas and opportunities within a firm and investors to derive safe conclusions about a firm’s relative performance over time, thus making informed investment decisions. read more
By: gaga | 2011-01-03 | Business 2006 1 quarterly data have been verified to some extent, the present report for Suning Appliance 2006 EPS to 1.89 yuan / share forecasts, we believe that currently results in 2007 or 2008 to the valuation is reasonable, given its target price to 80 yuan, the investment rating to "buy", the company belonging to performance-driven, investment advice to "buy and hold long term." Suning Appliance market share each year is expected to achieve 1.5% -2% growth read more
By: silent planet | 2011-07-25 | Loans YES Bank on Thursday said its net profit for the quarter ended June 30 rose 38 per cent to Rs 216.1 crore from Rs 156.4 crore a year ago. Higher interest income and lower provisions contributed to the bank's earnings. read more
By: Jim Walker | 2010-12-15 | Manufacturing Profitable flexographic printing requires a healthy profit margin. A healthy flexographic printing profit margin requires that the printer have his substrate waste and press down time under control. It also requires that his operation is such that it provides a reasonable return on invested capital. read more
By: John F Smith | 2010-03-26 | Management As a business owner, it is your priority to make sure that your business is successful. This includes getting clients, providing the best services and the most important is that you will make profit in your business. A business can never be seen as a successful one if it is not earning enough cash. Even if you are not an accountant, it is common knowledge that money that you earn should always be bigger than the money which you are shelling out. This is the reason why you should always monitor the money of your business. read more