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Measures based on actual past data, rather than forecast future data.
Transparent means having the desirable quality of making full disclosure of information to markets and other stakeholders, in such a way that they can readily see and understand what has been done.


 
Transparent is the opposite of ''opaque.''
For example the historic dividend yield is normally based on the most recent past dividend.
 
(As opposed to the prospective dividend yield which is normally based on the next forecast future dividend.)
 
 
Another example is the historic Price to earnings ratio (PER) which is normally based on the earnings for the most recent past period.
 
(As opposed to the prospective PER which is normally based on the projected earnings for the nearest future forecast period.)




== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Dividend yield]]
* [[Corporate governance]]
*[[Historical cost]]
* [[Disclosure]]
* [[Historical cost accounting]]
* [[Disclosure and Transparency Rules]]
* [[Price to earnings ratio]]
* [[Efficient market]]
* [[Ethics]]
* [[FAST]]
* [[Financial reporting]]
* [[FRANDT]]
* [[Invisible FX]]
* [[Opaque]]
* [[Price transparency]]
* [[Regulation]]
* [[Stakeholder]]
* [[STS]]
* [[Tax transparency initiative]]
* [[Transparency]]
* [[Visibility]]


[[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]]
[[Category:The_business_context]]
[[Category:The_business_context]]
[[Category:Compliance_and_audit]]
[[Category:Ethics]]
[[Category:Financial_products_and_markets]]

Revision as of 08:20, 31 August 2022

Transparent means having the desirable quality of making full disclosure of information to markets and other stakeholders, in such a way that they can readily see and understand what has been done.

Transparent is the opposite of opaque.


See also