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Quick Ratio

A financial ratio that is originally derived from the current ratio by omitting inventory from current assets: Inventory is the...

Quality of Earnings

The ratio of stock price (i.e., market value of a company) to the current replacement value of a company's tangible...

Q Ratio

The ratio of stock price (i.e., market value of a company) to the current replacement value of a company's tangible...

Price/Earnings Growth Ratio

A financial ratio that compares a stock's P/E ratio with the company's expected growth in earnings per share (EPS): Conventional...

Positive Duration Gap

The positive value of duration gap that results when the duration of assets is larger than the duration of liabilities...

PEG Ratio

A financial ratio that compares a stock's P/E ratio with the company's expected growth in earnings per share (EPS): Conventional...

Pecking Order Approach

A sequence of possible sources a company may resort to raise financing. This approach recommends to finance first with retained...

Portable Alpha

A method of transporting the active return (alpha) among asset classes by separating and transporting uncorrelated incremental returns from one...

Negative Duration Gap

The negative value of duration gap that results when the duration of assets is less than the duration of liabilities...

Negative Financial Leverage

A financial leverage that negatively impacts return on equity (ROE). A firm with any amount of debt is said to...