Mark Woodruff’s Post

View profile for Mark Woodruff, graphic

I’m a highly rated, qualified, and regularly referred Chartered Financial Planner and Chartered Actuary helping clients to plan their finances and reduce taxes. Retirement, investments, insurance, pensions, inheritance

Today's word of the day is Return on Investment, often abbreviated to ROI. Let's take a look at what it is and how it's calculated. Return on Investment or return on costs is a financial ratio used to calculate the benefit an investor will receive in relation to their investment cost. When you put money in to an investment or business endeavour, ROI helps you understand how much profit or loss your investment has earned. ROI is simply worked out by dividing the net profit or loss from an investment by it's cost, expressed by a percentage (present value - cost of investment / cost of investment) x 100 = the ROI For example, if an investment of £5000 was made in a company and the next year those shares were sold at £5500 that would be (£5500 - £5000 / £5000) x 100 = a return on investment of 10% By working out the ROI, you can use this to compare it to the ROI percentage of other investments to determine what will give the biggest yield. ROI can also be used in business, for example working out the return on investment on a marketing campaign by comparing the marketing spend against the profit generated. #jargonbuster #financialeducation #investmentplanning

  • No alternative text description for this image

To view or add a comment, sign in

Explore topics