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Taking on debt can be perfectly reasonable, and desirable, for a business to do if operations are profitable. The profits earned from the additional investment will cover the borrowing costs, and the ...

Here are some important metrics you can calculate that can tell you a lot about your business' performance. Calculating financial ratios is an important component of analyzing a business that can be ...

You might feel a little overwhelmed by the many facts and figures used to evaluate a corporation's financial condition. One of the figures that you need to calculate and understand is the return on ...

Budgeting or forecasting is extremely important for F&B companies of all sizes. Many companies use top-down or bottom-up approaches, but regardless, it is unacceptable when a company says it can’t do ...

Dorothy Neufeld is currently a financial writer for Visual Capitalist. She has 5+ years of writing experience. Charlene Rhinehart is a CPA , CFE, chair of an Illinois CPA Society committee, and has a ...

Total margin ratio is found by dividing net income by total revenue, then multiplying by 100. This ratio aids investors in assessing a company's profitability from its total revenues. Using this ratio ...

It's important to emphasize that you need to account for all revenue, including operating revenue and non-operating revenue, such as investment income. Similarly, be sure to account for all expenses, ...