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ROS - Return on Sales
measures efficiency of operations NET INCOME/ SALES
Asset Turnover
Measures efficiency of a company's use of its assets in generating sales revenue or sales income to the company SALES/ TOTAL ASSETS
Leverage
How much stuff did you gather? how good were you at using owners leverage? ASSETS/EQUITY
Return on Assets
NET INCOME/ TOTAL ASSETS
Return on Equity
How much profit did you create using the owners investments? NET INCOME/ OWNERS EQUITY
Equity
owners ownership in the business
EBIT
Earnings before interest and taxes. Measure of a company's earning power
Contribution Margin
SALES - VARIABLE COSTS (material & labor) = contribution margin
Book Value
Net asset value of a company TOTAL ASSETS - INTANGIBLE ASSETS
SG&A
Period costs, refers to selling, general, and administrative expenses
Current Ratio
CURRENT ASSETS/ CURRENT LIABILITIES
Acid Ratio
How quickly a company uses its near cash or quick assets to quickly extinguish/ retire current liabilities CURRENT ASSETS - INVENTORIES/ CURRENT LIABILITIES
Debt to total Assets Ratio
MEASURES COMPANY'S FINANCIAL RISK TOTAL DEBT/ TOTAL ASSETS
Dividends
payments made by corporations to share holders
Working capital (where to find on balance sheet)
found under current assets and current liabilities
Sarbanes Oxley Act 2002
established new standards of all US public companies and management
Bond
debt security. repay borrowed money with interest at fixed intervals
Stock
Share in the ownership of a company. A claim on companies assets and earnings
Yield - reading a stock table
money returns to the owner of a security
"fixed"
Won't quickly be turned into cash (buildings, land etc)
"current"
expected to be turned to cash within the year
Dividend per share - reading a stock table
indicates the annual dividend or payment per share
Dividend Yield - reading a stock table
The percentage return on the dividend ANNUAL DIVIDENDS PER SHARE/ PRICE PER SHARE
Price/earnings ratio - reading a stock table
Current stock price/ Earnings per share from last 4 quarters
Private enterprise
business managed by independent rather than state work
The role of government in Business Law
Governments intervenes to ensure fair competition, private property, freedom of choice
Common Law
Law judges establish while deciding disputes
Statutory Law
Laws enacted by federal or state legislature
Administrative Law
state and federal administrative agencies
Criminal Law
government vs. individual: penalty is fine or jail
Civil Law
Two people: penalty is a fine
Torts - Law
Civil wrong inflicted on others ie - when someone "hurts" another by manipulation
Contract
legally enforcable agreement between two or more parties elements: legality, consideration, agreement
Law of Bankruptcy
To repay creditors in an orderly manner to the extent that the debtor has property available for payment
2005 personal bankruptcy law
Everyone must pay some or all of their financial obligation
FTC
Federal Trade Commision (false and deception advertising)
CPSC
consumer product safety
OSHA
Occupational safety and Health
EEOC
Equal opportunity
EPA
Environmental protection agency
FDA
Food & Drug Agency
ICC
interstate commerce
SEC
securities and exchange
CPSA
consumer product safety
Working Capital
Cash and accounts payable Inventory
Be able to read a cash flow statement Break-even point
Fixed cost + (variable costs*number sold) = total revenue
Marketing Mix
production, price, place, promotion, service
Marketing strategy
promote, create awareness, create an image, value and purpose, measure success
Sole proprietorship: Creating your own business
Pros: easy quick and affordable. full control with minimal administration, adaptable Cons: only as good as your own credibility, risk and personal exposure, raising additional capital
Partnership
Voluntary, unlimited liability, mutual agency, limited life, limited access to money, single taxation, unregulated
Corporation
Separate legal entity, no single individual responsible, limited liability, limited stockholder power, unlimited life, easy access to capital, stockholders may lose control, government regulation, double taxation
Corporation - domestic
in state which it is incorporated
Corporation - foreign
Other state than state of incorporation
Corporation - Alien
Organized in one country, operated in another
Preferred stock
No vote, first claim on dividend, first claim on assets after debt.
Common stock
Voting rights
S corporations
Limited liability, single taxation, unlimited life restrictions: type and number of share holders
Limited liability corporations
Taxed like partnership, not limited to number of shareholders but limited to type
Merger
Two companies into one
Acquisition
One firm buys another
Horizontal acquisition
One firm buys another in the same industry
Vertical acquisition
One firm buys distribution channel firm
Conglomerate acquisition
One firm buys another of unrelated business

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