The amount of profit, or the excess of revenue over expense during any given fiscal period Profit will be reflected on the balance sheet as an increase in a nonprofit's net assets, offset by an increase in some asset or mix of assets See also: Income Statement (IS) Topic areas: Fundraising and Financial Sustainability
{i} state of producing earnings; state of being financially rewarding; beneficialness, advantageousness
The ability of a business to earn a reasonable return on the owners' investments
Company's ability to generate an adequate return on invested capital (See (p 575))
The ratio of profits from a strategy divided by the capital employed in that strategy, it is important to define clearly the elements in the equation, e g whether the profits are calculated before or after tax and before or after interest payments This is often called the Return on capital employed, shortened to ROCE
A company's ability to generate revenues in excess of the costs incurred in producing those revenues
The relative profit performance of a business, enterprise or other operating unit Profitability comparisons often occur over time, across peer groups, relative to projections, and relative to norms or standards