This article is structured as follows: definitions of performance, profit - the main performance indicator and a case study on how the main performance indicators in the case of the company “X” were calculated.

To illustrate the connection between the rates that reflect the companies’ financial performance, namely the return on assets and the return on equity and a measure of the companies’ risk, measured by volatility in outcome indicators, we considered 63 companies listed in category I and II on...

The article gives an evaluation of modern efficiency of land exploitation and explains the mathematical link between the production cost and the crop yield. It introduces a number of formulas which allow computing profitability per 1 quintal of production and per 1 hectare of land as well as...

This paper is a study on the self-financing capacity of the Romanian companies. We selected four companies operating in automotive industry, for which self-financing capacity and several relevant financial ratios were calculated. The study covered the period 2007 - 2010, a period that included...

probability that cash flows or return will vary from expectations. Standard corporate finance theory supposes that a company chooses a capital structure that maximizes company value. A fundamental idea in finance is the relationship between risk and return. The greater the amount of risk that an...

We developed this study starting from the idea that the actions of the five financial invesment companies represent most of the times, the first option to invest for all categories of investors, from the most “sophisticated” to the ones less familiar in the capital market issues, from small...

The article describes the complex of economic and financial indicators reflecting the results of Russia’s oil and gas industry in 2011. Price environment of the major energy resources with regard to their realization at the domestic and international markets is analyzed. Main indicators of...