Financial Metrics Glossary

Every metric used in a Sentinellis report, defined in plain English with formula, benchmark, and context. 83 terms.

83 terms·Plain English·Formula & benchmark

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These 27 carry most of the signal in a report. The rest add context, or matter mainly to analysts.

52-Week Change
A
After-Tax Cost of Debt
A
Altman Z-Score
C
Asset Turnover
C
Beta
B
Book Value per Share
BVPS
C
Buyback Yield
C
CapEx / Revenue
Capital Expenditure
CapEx
C
Cash Conversion Cycle
CCC
Cost of Debt (Pre-Tax)
Kd
A
Cost of Equity
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
B
Current Ratio
Current Share Price
C
Days Inventory Outstanding
DIO
C
Days Payable Outstanding
DPO
C
Days Sales Outstanding
DSO
B
Debt-to-Equity
D/E
C
Depreciation & Amortization
D&A
C
Dividend Payout Ratio
B
Dividend per Share
DPS
C
Dividend Yield
B
Earnings Yield
EBIT (Operating Profit)
EBIT
EBITDA
B
EBITDA CAGR 3-Year
B
EBITDA Margin
Effective Tax Rate
Enterprise Value
EV
A
Enterprise Value to EBITDA
EV/EBITDA
A
Enterprise Value to Revenue
EV/Sales
B
EPS (Forward)
B
EPS (Normalized)
B
EPS (Trailing 12M)
EPS TTM
B
EPS CAGR 3-Year
B
EPS CAGR 5-Year
B
EPS Growth YoY
Executive Cash Compensation
Cash comp (excl. equity)
B
FCF per Share
B
FCF Yield
B
Forward P/E Ratio
Fwd P/E
A
Free Cash Flow
FCF
A
Free Cash Flow to Equity
FCFE
C
Goodwill / Total Assets
B
Gross Margin
B
Interest Coverage
C
Inventory Turnover
Long-Term Debt
Market Capitalisation
Market Cap
Net Debt
A
Net Debt / EBITDA
Net Income
B
Net Margin
A
Net Operating Profit Less Adjusted Taxes
NOPLAT
A
Operating Cash Flow
OCF
B
Operating Margin
B
PEG Ratio
A
Piotroski F-Score
B
Price-to-Book
P/B
B
Price-to-Earnings Ratio
P/E
B
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
P/FCF
B
Price-to-Sales
P/S
B
Quick Ratio
B
Return on Assets
ROA
B
Return on Equity
ROE
A
Return on Invested Capital
ROIC
Revenue
B
Revenue CAGR 10-Year
B
Revenue CAGR 3-Year
B
Revenue CAGR 5-Year
B
Revenue Growth YoY
A
ROIC − WACC Spread
Sentinellis Health Score
Health
C
Shareholders Equity
Short-Term Debt
Total Assets
C
Total Cash & Equivalents
C
Total Debt
Total Liabilities
A
Weighted Average Cost of Capital
WACC
B
Working Capital