IMMFA and Ratio: Difference between pages
From ACT Wiki
(Difference between pages)
imported>Doug Williamson (Classify page.) |
imported>Doug Williamson (Layout.) |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
1. ''Maths and finance.'' | |||
A ratio is one number divided by another. | |||
For example, the ratio of a company's share price to its earnings, known as the price to earnings ratio. | |||
Ratios are widely used in finance as part of financial ratio analysis. | |||
Depending on the relationship being measured, financial ratios are generally expressed as numbers, for example a price to earnings ratio of 10. | |||
Other ratios are conventionally expressed as percentages, for example a dividend yield of 2%. | |||
Ratios may also be expressed as proportions, for example a debt to equity ratio of 1:1 (the same as 100%, or 1). | |||
2. ''Law''. | |||
Abbreviation for Ratio decidendi. | |||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
* [[ | * [[Debt to equity ratio]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Dividend yield]] | ||
* [[Earnings per share]] | |||
* [[Price to earnings ratio]] | |||
* [[Ratio analysis]] | |||
* [[Ratio decidendi]] | |||
[[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]] | [[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:The_business_context]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Compliance_and_audit]] | ||
Revision as of 23:12, 23 January 2021
1. Maths and finance.
A ratio is one number divided by another.
For example, the ratio of a company's share price to its earnings, known as the price to earnings ratio.
Ratios are widely used in finance as part of financial ratio analysis.
Depending on the relationship being measured, financial ratios are generally expressed as numbers, for example a price to earnings ratio of 10.
Other ratios are conventionally expressed as percentages, for example a dividend yield of 2%.
Ratios may also be expressed as proportions, for example a debt to equity ratio of 1:1 (the same as 100%, or 1).
2. Law.
Abbreviation for Ratio decidendi.
