List of business and finance abbreviations
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- ARPU Average revenue per user
- B2B Business to Business
- B2C Business to consumer
- BRU Business recovery unit
- CAO Chief accounting officer
- CAGR Compound annual growth rate
- CAPEX Capital expenditures
- CDS Credit default swap
- CEO Chief executive officer
- CFA Chartered Financial Analyst
- CFC Consumption of fixed capital
- CFCT Cash flow cycle time
- CFM Certified Financial Manager
- CFO Chief financial officer
- CFS Consolidated financial statement
- CIA Certified Internal Auditor
- CIMA Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
- CISA Certified Information Systems Auditor
- CMA Certified Management Accountant
- CMO Chief marketing officer
- COB Close of business
- COGS Cost of goods sold
- COO Chief operating officer
- CPA Certified Public Accountant
- CPP Certified Payroll Professional
- CSO Chief security officer
- CRM Customer relationship management
- CVP Cost volume profit
- CTO Chief technology officer
- EBIT Earnings before interest and taxes
- EBITDA Earnings before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
- EDI Electronic data interchange
- EFTPOS Electronic funds transfer at point of sale
- EPS Earnings per share
- FIFO First In, First Out
- FL Financial leverage
- FP&A Financial planning & analysis
- GAAP Generally accepted accounting principles
- GAAS Generally accepted audit standards
- GFCF Gross fixed capital formation
- GP Gross profit
- HR Human resources
- GRN Goods receipt note
- ICB Industry classification benchmark
- ICRM Innovative customer relationship management
- IE Interest expense
- IPO Initial public offering
- LIBOR London Interbank Offered Rate
- LIFO Last In, First Out
- LLC Limited liability company
- MTD Month-to-date
- NAV Net asset value
- NCND Non-circumvent and non-disclosure
- NDA Non-disclosure agreement
- NOA Net operating assets
- NOPAT Net Operating Profit After Tax
- NPV Net present value
- OPEX Operational expenditures
- PMAC Period moving average cost
- PO Profit objective
- PO Purchase order
- PP&E Property, plant, and equipment
- P&L Profit and Loss
- P/E Price-to-earnings ratio
- QTD Quarter-to-Date
- R&D Research and Development
- RE Retained earnings
- ROA Return on assets
- ROCE Return On capital employed
- ROE Return on equity
- ROI Return on investment
- ROIC Return on invested capital
- RONA Return on net assets
- ROS Return on sales
- RR Resource rent
- St Sales (during time period t)
- SCM Supply chain management
- SG&A Sales, general, and administrative expenses
- SIR Stores issuance requisition
- SIOP Sales inventory and operations plan
- SOHO Small office/home office
- SOX Sarbanes-Oxley
- TCO Total cost of cwnership
- TSR Total shareholder return
- WACC Weighted average cost of capital
- WC Working capital
- YTD Year-to-date
- YOY Year-over-year
