Sales forecast
A key input to a firm's financial planning process. External sales forecasts are based on historical experience, statistical analysis, and consideration of various macroeconomic factors. |
Similar financial terms
Cost of salesThe costs associated with generating reported sales, including merchandise, direct labor, and other costs attributed to current sales activity.
Growth in sales
A ratio comparing sales levels to sales in a base year; it identifies the percentage of increase in volume.
Sales-type lease
An arrangement whereby a firm leases its own equipment, such as Acer leasing its own computers, thereby competing with an independent leasing company.
Sales charge
The fee charged by a mutual fund when purchasing shares, usually payable as a commission to marketing agent, such as a financial advisor, who is thus compensated for his assistance to a purchaser. It represents the difference, if any, between the share purchase price and the share net asset value.
Price/sales ratio
Determined by dividing current stock price by revenue per share (adjusted for stock splits). Revenue per share for the P/S ratio is determined by dividing revenue for past 12 months by number of shares outstanding.
Conditional sales contracts
Similar to equipment trust certificates except that the lender is either the equipment manufacturer or a bank or finance company to whom the manufacturer has sold the conditional sales contract.
Contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC)
The formal name for the load of a back-end load fund.
Consensus forecast
The mean of all financial analysts' forecasts for a company.
