Glossary
Plain-English definitions, formulas and worked examples for the ratios and metrics used across FinSpry.
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- Liquidity & Working Capital RatiosCan a company pay its short-term bills?5 terms
- Debt & Solvency RatiosHow much leverage is on the balance sheet?12 terms
- Valuation Ratios & MultiplesIs the stock cheap or expensive?15 terms
- Profitability & Return RatiosHow efficiently does the business turn revenue into profit?13 terms
- Dividend Investing MetricsHow much income does a stock return to shareholders?12 terms
- Per-Share & Balance Sheet MetricsWhat does each share actually own and earn?8 terms
- Cash Flow & Investment AnalysisEarnings power, cash generation, and the time value of money.16 terms
Ratios
- Asset turnover ratio
- Capitalization ratio
- Cash flow to debt ratio
- Cash ratio
- Current ratio
- Debt coverage ratio
- Debt ratio
- Debt to equity ratio (D/E)
- Dividend payout ratio
- Earnings yield
- EV/EBIT ratio
- EV/EBITDA ratio
- EV/sales ratio
- Equity multiplier
- Expense ratio
- Free cash flow yield
- Interest coverage ratio
- Inventory turnover ratio
- Net debt/EBITDA ratio
- Net working capital
- PEG ratio
- Price to book ratio (P/B)
- Price to earnings ratio (P/E)
- Price to free cash flow ratio (P/FCF)
- Price to sales ratio (P/S)
- Quick ratio
- Retention ratio
- Return on assets (ROA)
- Return on capital employed (ROCE)
- Return on equity (ROE)
- Return on invested capital (ROIC)
- Return on sales (ROS)
- Solvency ratio
Metrics
- Altman Z-Score
- Assets under management (AUM)
- Beta
- Book value per share
- Buffett Indicator
- Buyback yield
- Dividend per share
- Dividend yield
- Earnings per share (EPS)
- Enterprise value
- Graham number
- Inflation rate
- Net asset value (NAV)
- Net debt
- Net profit margin
- Peter Lynch fair value
- Piotroski F-Score
- Public float
- Shareholder yield
- Shareholders equity
Financial analysis
- Capital expenditures (CapEx)
- Capital gains yield
- Contribution margin
- Degree of operating leverage
- Dividend growth rate
- Dividend reinvestment plan (DRIP)
- EBIT
- EBITDA
- EBITDA margin
- Ex-dividend date
- Free cash flow
- Free cash flow per share (FCF)
- Gross margin
- Market capitalization
- Operating (EBIT) margin
- Operating cash flow
- Payback period
- Present value
- Real rate of return
- Revenue
- Risk premium
- Shares outstanding
- Tangible book value per share (TBVPS)
- Total assets
- Total debt
- Total liabilities
- Total stock return
- Yield to maturity