This is a list of business and finance abbreviations.

• ARPU Average revenue per user
• B2B Business to Business
• B2C Business to Consumer

• CAPEX Capital Expenditures
• CDS Credit Default Swap
• CEO Chief Executive Officer
• CFC Consumption of Fixed Capital
• CFCT Cash Flow Cycle Time
• CFO Chief Financial Officer
• CIMA Certified institutes of Management Accounting
• CMO Chief Marketing Officer
• COB Close Of Business
• COGS Cost of Goods Sold
• COO Chief Operating Officer
• CRM Customer Relationship Management
• CTO Chief Technology Officer
• EBIT Earnings before interest and taxes
• EBITDA Earnings before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
• EDI Electronic Data Interchange
• EPS Earnings per share
• FIFO First In, First Out
• FL Financial Leverage
• GAAP Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
• GFCF Gross fixed capital formation
• GP Gross Profit
• HR Human Resources
• 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
• NAV Net Asset Value
• NDA Non-Disclosure Agreement
• NOPAT Net Operating Profit After Tax
• NPV Net Present Value
• OPEX Operational Expenditures
• PO Profit Objective
• PO Purchase Order
• PP&E Property, plant, and equipment
• P&L Profit and Loss
• 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
• SOHO Small Office/Home Office
• TCO Total Cost of Ownership
• TSR Total Shareholder Return
• WACC Weighted average cost of capital
• WC Working Capital
• PMAC Period Moving Average Cost
• P/E Price Per Earning

References

• Business acronyms and abbreviations Information retrieved on 2008-04-08