TOTAL ASSET TURNOVER Definition

TOTAL ASSET TURNOVER measures managements efficiency in managing all of a firm's assets - specifically the generation of revenues from the firms total investments in assets. This ratio is extremely important in high asset firms such as manufactures and telecommunications companies. Generally, the higher this ratio as compared to like companies or the industry (Formula: Net Revenue / Total Assets):

•  the smaller the investment required to generate sales, thus the more profitable the firm.
•  indicates the firm has less money tied up in fixed assets for each dollar of sales revenue.

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CAPITALIZATION is the statement of capital within the firm - either in the form of money, common stock, long-term debt, or in some combination of all three. It is possible to have too much capital (in which case the firm is overcapitalized) or too little capital (in which case the firm is undercapitalized).

EX-WORKS see EX-FACTORY.

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