Operating Ratio

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Operating Ratio

A ratio of a company's operating expenses to its sales or revenue. A lower operating ratio is considered ideal because it indicates that, in the event of a decline in sales or revenue, a company will maintain profitability. Most firms desire an operating ratio below 0.80.

operating ratio

A financial ratio that measures the portion of revenue going to operating expenses.

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Operating Ratios Ratio operativo			Chief executive Andy Haste said he expects the group to deliver a COR - combined operating ratio, representing the amount of money spent on claims and costs for every pounds 1 of premiums taken - of around 95% for the full year. Emerging overseas markets help insurer square up to challenge by Daily Post (Liverpool, England) 18 Kyodo Japan's key gauge of the current state of the economy in June was revised up slightly, reflecting improvements in production-related indicators such as manufacturers' capacity operating ratio and their extra working hours, the government said Tuesday. Japan's June key economic gauge revised upward by Japan Weekly Monitor The group's combined operating ratio - an industry measure of claims and costs as a percentage of premiums, where anything below 100% is a profit - rose to 97. Insurer hikes rates to tackle recession by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)			Operador de la punta contraria Operador de valores Operador especializado en bonos operating and easement agreement Operating Assets operating budget operating capital Operating Cash Flow Operating Cash Flow Ratio Operating Company Operating Cycle Operating Expense operating expense escalation operating expense ratio operating expenses Operating Exposure Operating in the Red operating income operating lease operating leverage Operating Loss Operating Margin Operating Profit Operating Profit Margin Operating Rate Operating Ratio Operating Ratios Operating Revenue Operating Risk Operating Statement operating statements Operating Unit operation de sauvetage Operation financiere Operation Iraqi Freedom operation of law Operational Audit Operationally efficient market Operations Department Operations research Operator Operazione di copertura Operazioni a termine OPEX Opinion Opinion del asesor Opinion legal opinion of title Opinion Shopping Opinione tranne per OPM			Operating Plan and Budget operating point operating position operating power Operating Pressure Operating Pressure Operating Pressure Ratio Operating Problems Requiring Research & Development operating procedure operating procedure operating procedure operating procedure operating procedure Operating Procedures Outline Sheet Operating Profit Operating Profit Operating Profit After Tax Operating Profit Before Depreciation and Amortisation Operating Profit Before Interest and Tax Operating profit margin Operating profit margin Operating profit margin Operating Profit Margins Operating Profit Margins operating profits Operating Program Operating Range Operating Range Operating rate Operating Rates Operating Ratio Operating ratios Operating ratios Operating Reactor Operating Reliability Working Group Operating reserve Operating Resource Management Operating Resource Management System Operating Result Before Depreciation and Amortization Operating Return On Sales operating revenue Operating Revenues Operating Review Committee Operating risk Operating Risks operating room operating room operating room operating room operating room operating room operating room emergency operating room emergency operating room emergency Operating Room Image Oriented Navigation Operating Room Information and Communication System Operating Room Information System Operating Room Management Application Operating Room Management Attitudes Questionnaire operating room nurse operating room nurse

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