Profitability ratio

Financial ratio analysis.

A relative measure of profit, designed to facilitate comparisons between different businesses and between different time periods.

Often expressed in percentage terms, for example, Gross profit margin, or Return on capital employed.

See also

• Earnings per share
• Gross profit margin
• Net profit margin
• Operating profit margin
• Profit
• Profitability
• Ratio analysis
• Return on capital employed
• Shareholder value