Capital Turnover Ratio Explained: How Many Sales Dollars Each Dollar of Capital Produces
Capital turnover is net sales divided by average capital employed — a 3.0 ratio means each dollar of capital produced three dollars of sales that year.
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The High-Low Method: Split Any Mixed Cost Into Fixed and Variable in Five Minutes
The high-low method splits a mixed cost using two periods — cost difference ÷ activity difference is the variable rate, and the remainder is fixed.
The Defensive Interval Ratio: How Many Days Could Your Business Survive With Zero Revenue?
The defensive interval ratio divides cash, marketable securities and net receivables by daily cash operating expenses to state your runway in days. Half of small businesses hold under 15 buffer days — here is how to compute and lengthen yours.
Alibaba FY2027 Q1 Earnings: Cloud Revenue +45% While GAAP Net Income Falls 75%
Alibaba's FY2027 Q1 (quarter ended June 30, 2026) posted RMB 268,953 million revenue (+9%) while GAAP net income fell 75% to RMB 10,444 million. AI Cloud and Compute Services revenue accelerated to +45% with adjusted EBITA up 133%, CapEx rose 75% to RMB 67,678 million, and free cash flow swung to a RMB 44,670 million outflow — every line reconciled FY2023–FY2027 Q1 in a public Beancount ledger kept in RMB millions.
Disney FY2026 Q3 Earnings: $25.2B Revenue, Experiences at $9.97B, and Streaming That Finally Pays
Disney's FY2026 Q3: revenue $25.2B (+7%), total segment operating income $5.6B (+21%), and net income attributable to Disney of $2.64B. GAAP EPS fell 48% against a prior-year Hulu tax benefit while adjusted EPS rose 28% to $2.06. Experiences grew 10% to $9.97B with operating income +20%, Entertainment SVOD reached a 13% operating margin, and Sports operating income fell 17% on NBA/NHL postseason costs. Free cash flow of $3.1B backs a raised ≥$9B buyback — all tracked in a public Beancount ledger spanning FY2022–FY2026 Q3.
Estée Lauder FY2026 Earnings: $15.0B Sales, a Return to Profit, and Restructuring Between the Margins
Estée Lauder FY2026: net sales $15.05B (+5% reported, +3% organic), net earnings $182M after a $1.13B loss, and adjusted EPS $2.51 (+66%). Fragrance grew 10% organic and mainland China 9%, gross margin expanded 150 bps to 75.5%, and the FY2027 adjusted operating margin guide was raised to 12.7%–13.5% — while the 6-point gap between 5.2% reported and 11.2% adjusted margin remains the story. Tracked in a public Beancount ledger spanning FY2022–FY2026.
HP Q3 FY2026 Earnings: $0.11 of Tariff Refunds Inside Both EPS Prints
HP Inc.'s Q3 FY2026 earnings — $15.677B revenue (+12.5%), GAAP diluted EPS of $0.71 and non-GAAP $0.83, both including $0.11 from $127M of IEEPA tariff refunds recorded as a reduction of Products cost. A double-entry Beancount breakdown that isolates the refund as its own posting.
Novo Nordisk H1 2026 Earnings: DKK 175.3B Sales, DKK 69.5B Net Profit, Outlook 'Raised' to 0% to −6%
Novo Nordisk's H1 2026 results — DKK 175.3B net sales, DKK 69.5B net profit, Q2 adjusted operating profit up 11% at CER — against full-year guidance of 0% to −6% adjusted growth. A double-entry Beancount breakdown of the 340B rebate bridge, DKK 6.3B impairments, and the GLP-1 franchise's shift from scarcity to pricing pressure.
Tencent Q2 2026 Earnings: RMB 204.8B Revenue, RMB 56.0B Profit, Capex +176%
Tencent's 2Q2026 earnings — RMB 204.8B revenue (+11% YoY), RMB 56.0B attributable profit (+0.7%), and capital expenditure up 176% to RMB 52.8B, pushing free cash flow to negative RMB 13.8B. A double-entry Beancount breakdown of segment growth, margins, and the AI compute build showing up in PP&E.
Workday Q2 FY2027 Earnings: $2.57 Diluted EPS on an Intra-Entity IP Transfer
Workday's Q2 FY2027 earnings — $2.649B revenue (+12.8%), 11.8% GAAP operating margin, and $2.57 diluted EPS that triples the year-ago $0.84 because of a $374M deferred-tax asset from an intra-entity IP transfer worth $1.52 per share. A double-entry Beancount breakdown that posts the one-off tax benefit on its own ledger line.
Adobe FY2026 Q3 Earnings: $6.76B Revenue, $27.5B ARR, and a Deferred-Revenue Book
Adobe FY2026 Q3: record $6.76B revenue (+13%) with subscription at $6.58B, GAAP net income $1.83B (+3%), AI-first ARR up more than 150%, and ending ARR of $27.5B against $7.09B of current deferred revenue — plus a December 1 CEO handover to Anil Chakravarthy — tracked in a public Beancount ledger where the income statement sums to zero and deferred revenue is asserted on the balance sheet.
Affirm FY2026 Q4 Earnings: $1.17B Revenue, a $1.5B Tax Benefit, and a $9.0B Loan Book
Affirm's fiscal Q4 2026 (ended June 30, 2026) posted $1.17 billion of revenue (+33%) and $14.1 billion of GMV (+36%), but the $4.62 GAAP EPS against a $0.85 consensus was driven by a roughly $1.5 billion non-cash valuation-allowance release — cash taxes paid were about $7 million. Full-year operating income turned positive at $417 million while the $9.0 billion net loan book runs on $9.8 billion of funding debt, modeled FY2022–FY2026 in a public Beancount ledger.