List of business and finance abbreviations

This is a list of business and finance abbreviations.

A

• ARPU Average revenue per user
• ASP Average selling price
• ASAP (As soon As Possible)
• agcy. (agency)
• agt. (agent)
• assn. (assistant)

B

• BAU Business As Usual
• BRU Business Recovery Unit
• B2B Business to Business
• B2C Business to Consumer
• bldg. (building)

C

• CAO Chief Accounting Officer
• CAGR Compound annual growth rate
• CAPEX Capital Expenditure
• CAPM Capital asset pricing model
• CA Collateralized Debt Obligation
• 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 PEX Capital Expenditures
• CFO Chief Financial Officer
• CFS Consolidated Financial Statement
• CIA Certified Internal Auditor
• CIF Cost Insurance With Freight
• 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
• C&F Cost With Freight

D

• DDA Depletion Depreciation Amortization,
• DI Dispatch information
• disc. (discount)
• dept. (department)

E

• EAR Effective annual rate
• EAY Effective Annual Yield
• 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
• EXP Export

F

• FOB Freight On Board
• FIFO First In, First Out
• FL Financial leverage
• FP&A Financial Planning & Analysis
• FPO Follow on public offer
• FIX Financial Information Exchange
• FX Foreign exchange market

G

• GAAP Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
• GAAS Generally Accepted Audit Standards
• GDP Gross Domestic Product
• GFCF Gross fixed capital formation
• GRN Goods Receipt Note
• GP Gross Profit
• GL General Ledger
• GSV Gross Sales Value

H

• HR Human Resources
• HQ (Headquarters)

gpo

I

• ICB Industry Classification Benchmark
• ICRM Innovative Customer Relationship Management
• IE Interest expense
• IMP Import
• IPO Initial Public Offering
• IR Interest Rate - typically referring to an IR derivative product

J-journal

L

• LC Letter of credit
• LIBOR London Interbank Offered Rate
• LIFO Last In, First Out
• LLC Limited Liability Company
• LBO Leveraged Buyout

M

• MTD Month-to-date
• MOQ Minimum Order Quantity
• MSOD Monthly Statement of Select Operational Data
• mfg. (manufacturing date)

N

• 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

O

• OPEX Operational Expenditures
• OC Opportunity Cost

P

• 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
• PPP Purchasing power parity
• PR Purchase Requisition

Q

• QTD Quarter-to-date
• QC Quality control

R

• RE Retained Earnings
• RFP Request for Proposal
• 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
• R&D Research and Development

S

• S_t 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
• SIV Structured Investment Vehicle
• SOHO Small Office/Home Office
• SOX Sarbanes-Oxley

T

• TCO Total Cost of Ownership
• TSR Total Shareholder Return

W

• WACC Weighted average cost of capital
• WC Working capital
• wk week
• wrk work
• wo work order

Y

• YTD Year-to-date
• YOY Year-Over-Year

Z

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