| 1M
- one month |
nav
- net asset value |
| 3M
- three months |
net
curr assets - net current assets |
| 6M
- six months |
NMS
- normal market size |
| 1Y
- one year |
Norm
- normalised |
| Ann
- announcement |
ntav
- net tangible asset value |
| AR
- annual report |
Ords
- Ordinary Shares |
| AVE
PER - Average price earnings ratio |
p
- pence |
| Beta
rel - a measure of volatility |
PBV
- price to book value |
| BLMBG
- Bloomberg code |
PCF
- price to cashflow |
|
Dirs - directors |
PEG
- price earnings growth factor |
| dps
- dividend per share |
PER
- price earnings ratio |
| DY
- dividend yield |
position
- ranking by value |
| E
- estimate |
Pr
- profits |
| EPIC
- Stock Exchange reference code |
(pr)
- prospective |
| EPS
- earnings per share |
PRR - price to research ratio |
| Excl
- excluding intangibles |
Prelim
- preliminary announcement |
| f
- factor |
ps
- per share |
| fin
- final |
PSR
- price to sales ratio |
| FRS3
-Financial Reporting Standard 3 |
PTBV - price to tangible book value |
| GEAR
- gearing |
r
- ratio |
| GR
- earnings growth |
Relative
- performance vs market |
| Incl
- including intangibles |
ROCE
- return on capital employed |
| Int
- interim report |
ROE
- return on equity |
| k
- thousands |
SEDOL
- Stock Exchange identification number |
| m
- millions or market |
s
- Sector |
| Maj
- major shareholders |
T/O
- turnover |
| MARGIN
- operating margin |
x
- times |
| market
cap - market capitalisation |
xd
- ex-dividend |
| n
- number |
yr
- year |
REFS is
a mine of invaluable information for the private investor.
