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Formulas Asa2 Business Alevel
Formulas Asa2 Business Alevel
unit 3:
unit 4:
total float: latest finish time (given) – duration (given) – earliest starting time (given)
free float: earliest starting time (of next activity) – duration (given) – earliest starting time (given)
unit 5:
acid test ratio: current assets – inventory measures the ability of a business to
current liabilities meet its short-term debts
return on capital employed: operating profit x 100 measures how efficient the assets of a
capital employed business are at generating profit
capital employed: shareholder’s equity + long term loans OR total assets – current liabilities
gearing ratio: non-current liabilities x 100 shows how dependent a business is on money
capital employed borrowed from an external source
shows the return on an ordinary share from dividends
dividend yield: dividend per share x 100 in relation to the current market value of the share
market price per share
dividend cover: profit after tax and interest calculates how many times total dividend could
dividend paid be paid out of company’s profit
avg annual profit: sum of all positive net cash flows – cost
total number of years
net present value: sum of all present values of expected returns – initial cost