Net profit
From Financialjargon
Definition of Net profit
Net profit is the bottom line profit (or loss) for the period after all expenses.
It is either retained in the business or distributed to shareholders as dividends.
Other Financial Statements terms
- Asset
- Capital Employed
- Contingent liability
- Cost of Goods Sold
- Cost of Sales
- Creditors
- Current Assets
- Cash assets
- Current liabilities
- Debtors
- Exceptional item
- Fixed Assets
- Gross margin
- Gross profit
- Intangible Assets
- Liability
- Operating expenses
- Operating profit
- Retained earnings/profits
- Revenue (alternatively, sales or turnover)
- Share capital
- Share premium account
- Shareholders' funds-Equity
- Stock
- Taxable profits
- Year-end
