List of business and finance abbreviations

This is a list of business and finance abbreviations.

• ARPU Average revenue per user
• B2B Business to Business
• B2C Business to Consumer
• 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
• 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
• SOHO Small Office/Home Office
• SOX Sarbanes-Oxley
• TCO Total Cost of Ownership
• TSR Total Shareholder Return
• WACC Weighted average cost of capital
• WC Working capital
• YTD Year-to-date
• YOY Year-Over-Year

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References

• Business acronyms and abbreviations Information retrieved on April 8, 2008.