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The major differences between profitability and liquidity are as follows −ProfitabilityProfit made by the company in a period/during a year.May not have enough liquidity.A company which is profitable can go for bankrupt if it does not have liquidity in short term.Present in income statement.Determines Gross profit margin, net profit margin, EBIDTA margin, EBIT margin, CAGR.Measures financial performances.Tells about how good is company is able to generate margins form its business.Long term.LiquidityHow much of cash is available by a company at point of time.May not be profitability.A company which has liquidity but nor profitable can’t go for bankrupt.Present in balance sheet.Determines ... Read More

The major differences between turnover and profit are as follows −TurnoverTotal amount of cash received from sales by a company in certain period.Also called as revenue, sales, topline.Turnover is the multiplication of unit selling price to number of units sold.It is the superior one and is independent of profits.Turnover/revenues from operations, Non-operating turnover/revenues are types of turnover.Present at top in income statement.Determines demands in market for products/services of a company.ProfitCash available after accommodating costs like administration costs, depreciation, taxes etc.Also called as net income, net profits, profit after tax, bottom line.Profit is difference between turnover and costs.Product of turnover.Depends on ... Read More

The major differences between corporation and incorporation are as follows −CorporationIncorporationIt’s an entity to run a business.First process in registration as corporation.It is termed as CORP.It is termed as INC.Second stage of business.Takes place incorporation register process.Holds liabilities on personal assets.Limited liability.Outcome of incorporation process.Should follow legal process.Don’t get funds for company.Act as pool to get funds.Relates to day to day activities of business.Safeguards the interests and personal assets of owners/shareholders.Will have almost same functioning, features and goals.Process differ from country to country.Formed to carry out specific operations.Helps entity to become a corporation by series of steps.Read More

The major differences between dividend and growth are as follows −DividendShorter time horizon (cash inflow is regular).Cash flow (stocks) at periodic intervals.Release of excess return.Tax free (money received).Less risk (money will get at regular intervals).Outperform growth stocks.Less volatile.Capital appreciation and cash flows (upside).Usually perform even in bear market.Investors will look for low market value than intrinsic value.Investors will look at dividend yields, pay-out ratio.GrowthLonger time horizon (cash inflow is end of period).Cash flow at redemption/sale only.Re-investment of excess return.Tax free (money received), only for some schemes of mutual funds.Higher returns for investors.Underperform than dividends stocks.More volatile.Only capital appreciation (upside).Poorly perform ... Read More

The major differences between asset purchase and stock purchase are as follows −Asset PurchaseStock PurchaseTransfer of ownership is not possible.Transfer of ownership is available.Can claim tax benefits.Can’t claim tax benefits.Less complexity.More complex.Re-negotiation on employee agreement is available.Re-negotiation of employee agreement is not available.Buyers can choose risk and liabilities to bear.Buyers absorb risk and liabilities.Ownership can’t be lost and can’t exchange hands.Ownership can be lost, exchange hands.Less prevalent in market.More prevalent in markets.Retitling of asset is required.Retitling assets in not required.Minority shareholders don’t create problems.Minority shareholders can create problems.Read More

Cost of capital is an alternative investment that an investor can invest to get equal rate of return. In other words, it is the opportunity cost that an investor can invest the same money in another investment which is having similar risk and other characteristics. It plays an important role in capital budgeting decisions. It provides guidelines to determine optimal capital structure for a company.Significance of cost of capital is mentioned belowHelpful in making capital budgeting decisions by using discount rates to calculate future cash flow using present values.Helpful in making capital structure decisions by raising its source of funds ... Read More

The major differences between short term capital gain and long term capital gain are as follows −Short term capital gainsHeld for less than a year or a period and then sold off.Difference between consideration received and cost basis (short term asset).If the asset is owned for less than 24 months it is considered as immovable property and if it is owned for less than 36 months it is termed movable property.Easily tradable and liquid assets.Short term view of market.Lesser profits compared to long term gains.Less risk.Tax rates are same as income tax for individuals.Taxes may be reduced by including short ... Read More

In any industry, you will find people who are spontaneous and do not leave any opportunity, whereas there will be people who are loyal and remain with the Organization for more than a decade. The idea of change scares them, despite the conditions in the present Organization. Here is a small checklist to see whether it is time to quit or not.No Professional GrowthFor most people, learning and career progression is a big motivation to continue in a job. These people need some challenge in their career and a focus to work on. If you are one of such person ... Read More

The first day of any employee, be a fresher or an experienced person, will always start off with a training session. The day long training completes with numerous amount of information, but does so much effort made by the Organization is worth the money invested in the training.We all agree training is the key to a well-motivated, knowledgeable and efficient staff. However, here we are going to discuss the top reasons on why the training sessions do not help your employees, and why this whole expenditure on training is not fruitful. We will check out the conditions because of which ... Read More

Let us discuss our favorite and one of the champion Project Manager Mr. K, who is working in a renowned software product company. He is successfully managing a project for last seven months. All his stakeholders, including the client, are very pleased with the project progress so far. Also, the senior management of his company is impressed by the way he is managing the project and generating the revenue for last seven months. It’s a big client, already two more big projects of the same client have been delivered by his company a few months back.One day, he got an ... Read More