Finance

Net Result

Net Result Concept Net Result designates the residual result that the company detains on a certain period after deducted the gains (or profits) all expenses (or losses), either being expenses with merchandise purchases, materials and services, expenses with personnel, equipments attrition, funding financial costs, taxes, among others. The use given to the net result can […]

Net Working Capital

Net Working Capital Concept: Working Capital is a financial indicator and designates the set of all assets and liability values associated to the…

NPV (Net Present Value)

Net Present Value (NPV) has as goal to evaluate an investments’ project viability through the calculation of the current value of all its cash-flows (being for that an indicator a lot used in viability analysis studies). By current value is understood today’s value of a certain amount to obtain in the future. Like any investment […]

PFC – Public Finance Council

The PFC – Public Finance Council is an independent body that monitors compliance with Portuguese fiscal rules and the sustainability of public finances.

Productivity

Productivity Concept: Productivity is an efficiency indicator of an organization or a country used a lot in economical and financial analysis and in…

Profitability

Profitability Concept: Profitability is one of the analyzed variable by the economical and financial analyses and represents the return rate (or income) of…

Q Ratio

Q Ratio Concept Q Ratio, developed in the 60’s by the economist James Tobin, is a financial indicator used to analyze the companies’ performance in the shareholder perspective and to analyze planning and investment decisions in different company’s business units. This indicator is defined as the market value of the company’s fixed assets shares divided […]

Reserva Federal Americana

Presentation of the American Federal Reserve: American Federal Reserve or Federal Reserve System (also known as “Fed”) is the United States of America central bank…

ROI (Return on Investment)

ROI Concept: The term ROI (English acronym of return on investment) is a profitability indicator widely used in the…

Spread

Spread Concept: The term Spread designates the difference between the selling and the purchasing prices of a…

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