📚 Business Metrics & KPIs
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) use percentages to measure business success. Understanding these metrics is essential for entrepreneurs, managers, and investors.
1. Profit Margin:
Example:
A company has $500,000 in revenue and $350,000 in costs.
2. Conversion Rate:
Example:
An e-commerce site has 50,000 visitors and 1,500 purchases.
Industry average is 2-3%, so this is good!
3. Market Share:
Market share shows what percentage of an industry's sales your company captures. Higher market share often means stronger brand recognition and competitive advantage.
Other Important KPIs:
- Customer Retention Rate: (Customers at end - New customers) / Customers at start × 100
- Gross Margin: (Revenue - COGS) / Revenue × 100
- Operating Margin: Operating Income / Revenue × 100
- Churn Rate: Customers Lost / Total Customers × 100
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A company has revenue of $500,000 and costs of $350,000. What's the profit margin?
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A website has 50,000 visitors and 1,500 purchases. What's the conversion rate?
📝 Final Quiz
Test what you learned. Pick the correct answer for each question.
1. Profit margin = profit ÷ revenue. With $40 profit on $200 revenue, margin is:
2. 100 visitors, 5 buy. Conversion rate?
3. Markup is profit divided by cost. $60 cost sold for $100 — markup is:
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