Present and Prospective Shareholders Are Mainly Concerned with a Firm's

question 60

Multiple Choice

Present and prospective shareholders are mainly concerned with a firm's ________.

• A) risk and return
• B) profitability
• C) leverage
• D) liquidity

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Definitions:

Investment Turnover

A measure of the efficiency of an entity in generating revenue from its investments, often calculated as sales divided by the average investment.

Activity Base

An activity base is a measure used in managerial accounting to allocate costs, based on activities that drive costs, as part of activity-based costing (ABC).

Service Departments

Departments within a company that support the primary operations but don't directly generate revenue.

Profit Margin

A financial metric used to assess a company's profitability by comparing net income to sales; calculated as (Net Income / Sales) * 100.