List of financial performance measures

This article comprises a list of measures of financial performance.

Basic definitions

  • Return on equity
  • Return on assets
  • Return on investment

Return measures

  • Arithmetic return: average return of different observation periods
  • Geometric return: return depending only on start date and end date of one overall observation period
  • Rate of return or return on investment
  • Total shareholder return: annualized growth in capital assuming that dividends are reinvested

Risk measures

Risk-adjusted performance measures