Cutting Through The Jargon: REFS abbreviations at a glance

1M - one month
3M - three months
6M - six months
1Y - one year
Ann - announcement
AR - annual report
AVE PER - Average price earnings ratio
Beta rel - a measure of volatility
BLMBG - Bloomberg code
Dirs - directors
dps - dividend per share
DY - dividend yield
E - estimate
EPIC - Stock Exchange reference code
EPS - earnings per share
Excl - excluding intangibles
f - factor
fin - final
FRS3 -Financial Reporting Standard 3
GEAR - gearing
GR - earnings growth
Incl - including intangibles
Int - interim report
k - thousands
m - millions or market
Maj - major shareholders
MARGIN - operating margin
market cap - market capitalisation
n - number
nav - net asset value
net curr assets - net current assets
NMS - normal market size
Norm - normalised
ntav - net tangible asset value
Ords - Ordinary Shares
p - pence
PBV - price to book value
PCF - price to cashflow
PEG - price earnings growth factor
PER - price earnings ratio
position - ranking by value
Pr - profits
(pr) - prospective
PRR - price to research ratio
Prelim - preliminary announcement
ps - per share
PSR - price to sales ratio
PTBV - price to tangible book value
r - ratio
Relative - performance vs market
ROCE - return on capital employed
ROE - return on equity
SEDOL - Stock Exchange identification number
s - Sector
T/O - turnover
x - times
xd - ex-dividend
yr - year

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