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Performance analysis in finance is a critical aspect of assessing how well financial assets, portfolios, and companies are performing over a given period. It helps investors, analysts, and organizations make informed decisions about asset allocation, risk management, and strategic financial planning. Below are the main aspects of performance analysis in finance:

  1. Financial Performance of Companies
  2. Profitability Analysis
  • Net Profit Margin (NPM): This metric measures a company’s ability to generate profit from its revenues after expenses. It is calculated as:

Net Profit Margin=×100

A higher NPM indicates better profitability.

  • Return on Assets (ROA): ROA indicates how efficiently a company uses its assets to generate profit. It is calculated as:

ROA=×100

  • Return on Equity (ROE): ROE measures the profitability relative to shareholders’ equity and is a key indicator of financial performance:

ROE=​×100

  1. Liquidity and Solvency

Current Ratio: The current ratio measures the company’s ability to pay short-term obligations with its short-term assets. A ratio above 1 indicates the company can meet its short-term liabilities.

Current Ratio=​

  • Quick Ratio: Also known as the acid-test ratio, it excludes inventory from current assets, providing a more conservative liquidity assessment:

Quick Ratio=​

  • Debt-to-Equity Ratio (D/E): This ratio indicates the proportion of debt financing relative to equity. It is calculated as:

D/E Ratio=​

A higher D/E ratio indicates higher leverage, which could imply higher risk.

  1. Efficiency Ratios
  • Asset Turnover Ratio: This ratio measures how effectively a company uses its assets to generate sales:

Asset Turnover=

  • Inventory Turnover Ratio: This measures how often a company sells and replaces its inventory during a period:

Inventory Turnover=​

  1. Investment Performance Analysis
  2. Returns Analysis
  • Absolute Return: Absolute return measures the overall return on an investment over a specific period, without comparison to a benchmark.
  • Relative Return: This is the return on an investment relative to a benchmark, often used to evaluate a fund manager’s performance. It is computed as:

Relative Return=Portfolio Return−Benchmark Return

  • Annualized Return (CAGR): Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) is used to measure the return of an investment over time, smoothing out volatility. The formula is:

CAGR=

where n is the number of years.

  1. Risk-Adjusted Return
  • Sharpe Ratio: This measures the excess return (return above the risk-free rate) per unit of risk (standard deviation). It is calculated as:

Sharpe Ratio=

A higher Sharpe ratio indicates better risk-adjusted performance.

  • Sortino Ratio: Similar to the Sharpe ratio, but it only considers downside risk (negative deviations), making it more focused on downside performance:

Sortino Ratio=​

  • Alpha (α): Alpha measures the active return on an investment compared to a market index or benchmark. A positive alpha indicates outperformance, while a negative alpha suggests underperformance.
  • Beta (β): Beta measures the volatility (or systematic risk) of an asset in relation to the market as a whole. A beta greater than 1 indicates greater volatility than the market.
  1. Portfolio Performance
  • Treynor Ratio: This is similar to the Sharpe ratio but uses systematic risk (beta) instead of total risk (standard deviation):

Treynor Ratio=​

  • Jensen’s Alpha: This is a performance metric that calculates the excess return of a portfolio compared to the expected return predicted by the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM). A positive Jensen’s alpha indicates that the portfolio has outperformed the expected return.
  • Maximum Drawdown (MDD): This metric indicates the largest peak-to-trough decline in the portfolio value during a specific period, representing the worst-case scenario for a portfolio.
  1. Performance Evaluation in Corporate Finance
  2. Capital Budgeting
  • Net Present Value (NPV): NPV evaluates the profitability of an investment or project by calculating the difference between the present value of cash inflows and outflows. A positive NPV indicates a profitable investment.
  • Internal Rate of Return (IRR): IRR is the discount rate that makes the NPV of a project zero. It is used to evaluate the attractiveness of investments. A project is considered acceptable if the IRR exceeds the required rate of return.
  • Payback Period: This is the amount of time it takes for an investment to recover its initial cost. Shorter payback periods are generally preferred.
  1. Earnings Quality
  • Earnings Before Interest and Taxes (EBIT) Margin: EBIT margin assesses a company’s operating profitability:

EBIT Margin=​×100

  • Operating Cash Flow to Sales Ratio: This ratio indicates the proportion of operating income that is backed by cash flow from operations, ensuring the company’s earnings are sustainable:

Operating Cash Flow to Sales=

  1. Performance Metrics in Financial Markets
  2. Market Performance
  • Price-to-Earnings (P/E) Ratio: The P/E ratio evaluates whether a stock is overvalued or undervalued based on its earnings. It is calculated as:

P/E Ratio=​

  • Dividend Yield: This represents the dividend income as a percentage of the stock price, indicating the income return from a stock:

Dividend Yield=​×100

  • Price-to-Book (P/B) Ratio: The P/B ratio compares a company’s market value to its book value, helping assess whether the stock is undervalued or overvalued:

P/B Ratio=​

  1. Behavioral Performance Analysis
  • Investor Sentiment: Market performance can also be influenced by investor sentiment, which can be analyzed through indicators like the Volatility Index (VIX), which measures market fear and uncertainty.
  • Market Volatility: Volatility measures how much an asset’s price fluctuates over time, often used as a risk indicator. Performance analysis often tracks volatility to gauge risk.

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Title

Subject Area

Print ISSN

1.      

Research in International Business and Finance

Finance

2755319

2.      

Management Accounting Research

Finance

10445005

3.      

Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting

Finance

0924865X

4.      

Games and Economic Behavior

Finance

8998256

5.      

Financial Analysts Journal

Finance

0015198X

6.      

Finance a Uver – Czech Journal of Economics and Finance

Finance

151920

7.      

Pacific Basin Finance Journal

Finance

0927538X

8.      

Finance and Development

Finance

1451707

9.      

Finance and Stochastics

Finance

9492984

10.   

Finance Research Letters

Finance

15446123

11.   

Financial History Review

Finance

9685650

12.   

Financial Markets, Institutions and Instruments

Finance

9638008

13.   

International Review of Law and Economics

Finance

1448188

14.   

Banking Law Journal

Finance

55506

15.   

Quantitative Finance

Finance

14697688

16.   

Review of Derivatives Research

Finance

13806645

17.   

Review of Finance

Finance

15723097

18.   

Review of Financial Studies

Finance

8939454

19.   

Review of Pacific Basin Financial Markets and Policies

Finance

2190915

20.   

Global Finance Journal

Finance

10440283

21.   

Journal of Futures Markets

Finance

2707314

22.   

Journal of Portfolio Management

Finance

954918

23.   

International Finance

Finance

13670271

24.   

Public Money and Management

Finance

9540962

25.   

International Journal of Finance and Economics

Finance

10769307

26.   

International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Finance

Finance

2190249

27.   

International Review of Financial Analysis

Finance

10575219

28.   

Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance: Issues and Practice

Finance

10185895

29.   

Journal of Banking and Finance

Finance

3784266

30.   

Journal of Corporate Finance

Finance

9291199

31.   

Journal of Empirical Finance

Finance

9275398

32.   

Journal of Finance

Finance

221082

33.   

Journal of Financial Markets

Finance

13864181

34.   

Journal of Financial Services Research

Finance

9208550

35.   

Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money

Finance

10424431

36.   

Journal of International Money and Finance

Finance

2615606

37.   

Journal of Monetary Economics

Finance

3043932

38.   

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking

Finance

222879

39.   

Venture Capital

Finance

13691066

40.   

Mathematical Finance

Finance

9601627

41.   

Journal of Risk and Insurance

Finance

224367

42.   

China Economic Review

Finance

1043951X

43.   

Journal of International Management

Finance

10754253

44.   

Journal of Management

Finance

1492063

45.   

Journal of Multinational Financial Management

Finance

1042444X

46.   

European Economic Review

Finance

142921

47.   

Long Range Planning

Finance

246301

48.   

Nigerian Journal of Economic and Social Studies

Finance

290092

49.   

International Review of Economics and Finance

Finance

10590560

50.   

Journal of Asian Economics

Finance

10490078

51.   

Voprosy Ekonomiki

Finance

428736

52.   

Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics

Finance

8955638

53.   

World Economy

Finance

3785920

54.   

Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance

Finance

10629769

55.   

International Business Review

Finance

9695931

56.   

North American Journal of Economics and Finance

Finance

10629408

57.   

Review of Financial Economics

Finance

10583300

58.   

Journal of Financial Economics

Finance

0304405X

59.   

Journal of Financial Research

Finance

2702592

60.   

Journal of International Economics

Finance

221996

61.   

Real Estate Economics

Finance

10808620

62.   

Applied Mathematical Finance

Finance

1350486X

63.   

Fiscal Studies

Finance

1435671

64.   

World Bank Economic Review

Finance

2586770

65.   

Emerging Markets Finance and Trade

Finance

1540496X

66.   

Accounting and Business Research

Finance

14788

67.   

International Tax and Public Finance

Finance

9275940

68.   

Accounting Review

Finance

14826

69.   

Economics Letters

Finance

1651765

70.   

Auditing

Finance

2780380

71.   

Japan and the World Economy

Finance

9221425

72.   

Journal of Financial Intermediation

Finance

10429573

73.   

Journal of Public Economics

Finance

472727

74.   

Journal of Risk and Uncertainty

Finance

8955646

75.   

Contemporary Accounting Research

Finance

8239150

76.   

Critical Perspectives on Accounting

Finance

10452354

77.   

Public Finance Review

Finance

10911421

78.   

Journal of World Business

Finance

10909516

79.   

Journal of the Japanese and International Economies

Finance

8891583

80.   

Revue d’Etudes Comparatives Est-Ouest

Finance

3380599

81.   

International Journal of Accounting

Finance

10944060

82.   

International Journal of Accounting Information Systems

Finance

14670895

83.   

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Finance

1654101

84.   

Journal of Accounting Research

Finance

218456

85.   

Journal of International Accounting, Auditing and Taxation

Finance

10619518

86.   

Financial Management

Finance

463892

87.   

Annals of Finance

Finance

16142446

88.   

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

Finance

221090

89.   

Journal of Property Investment and Finance

Finance

1463578X

90.   

Property Management

Finance

2637472

91.   

Asia-Pacific Financial Markets

Finance

13872834

92.   

Journal of Financial Stability

Finance

15723089

93.   

Accounting Forum

Finance

1559982

94.   

International Journal of Managerial Finance

Finance

17439132

95.   

Decisions in Economics and Finance

Finance

15938883

96.   

GENEVA Risk and Insurance Review

Finance

1554964X

97.   

American Law and Economics Review

Finance

14657252

98.   

Journal of Financial Econometrics

Finance

14798409

99.   

Technological and Economic Development of Economy

Finance

20294913

100.      

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Finance

0306686X

101.      

Journal of International Financial Management and Accounting

Finance

9541314

102.      

Accounting and Finance

Finance

8105391

103.      

Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance

Finance

0148558X

104.      

Family Business Review

Finance

8944865

105.      

Advances in Accounting

Finance

8826110

106.      

Research in Finance

Finance

1963821

107.      

International Finance Review

Finance

15693767

108.      

International Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Performance Evaluation

Finance

17408008

109.      

Journal of Education Finance

Finance

989495

110.      

Financial Markets and Portfolio Management

Finance

19344554

111.      

Advances in Taxation

Finance

10587497

112.      

Risk Management and Insurance Review

Finance

10981616

113.      

Journal of Public Economic Theory

Finance

14679779

114.      

Risk Management

Finance

14603799

115.      

Global Business and Finance Review

Finance

10886931

116.      

Prague Economic Papers

Finance

12100455

117.      

Public Budgeting and Finance

Finance

2751100

118.      

FinanzArchiv

Finance

152218

119.      

ASTIN Bulletin

Finance

5150361

120.      

International Review of Environmental and Resource Economics

Finance

19321465

121.      

European Accounting Review

Finance

9638180

122.      

Hacienda Publica Espanola

Finance

2101173

123.      

Mathematics and Financial Economics

Finance

18629679

124.      

Journal of Alternative Investments

Finance

15203255

125.      

Journal of Derivatives

Finance

10741240

126.      

Journal of Fixed Income

Finance

10598596

127.      

Journal of Wealth Management

Finance

15347524

128.      

Journal of Private Equity

Finance

10965572

129.      

Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning

Finance

10523073

130.      

Journal of Economics and Finance

Finance

10550925

131.      

Accounting Perspectives

Finance

1911382X

132.      

International Journal of Revenue Management

Finance

14747332

133.      

Afro-Asian Journal of Finance and Accounting

Finance

17516447

134.      

Journal of Business Valuation and Economic Loss Analysis

Finance

 

135.      

Journal of Emerging Market Finance

Finance

9726527

136.      

Journal of Financial Services Marketing

Finance

13630539

137.      

International Journal of Disclosure and Governance

Finance

17413591

138.      

Journal of Banking Regulation

Finance

17456452

139.      

Journal of Revenue and Pricing Management

Finance

14766930

140.      

Applied Econometrics and International Development

Finance

15784487

141.      

Annals of Economics and Finance

Finance

15297373

142.      

Asian Economic Papers

Finance

15353516

143.      

International Journal of Sports Marketing and Sponsorship

Finance

14646668

144.      

Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting and Economics

Finance

16081625

145.      

International Journal of Sport Finance

Finance

15586235

146.      

Academy of Accounting and Financial Studies Journal

Finance

10963685

147.      

Economia Chilena

Finance

7173830

148.      

Cuadernos de Gestion

Finance

11316837

149.      

Foundations and Trends in Accounting

Finance

15540642

150.      

Journal of Pension Economics and Finance

Finance

14747472

151.      

Asian Academy of Management Journal of Accounting and Finance

Finance

18234992

152.      

Zeitschrift für die gesamte Versicherungswissenschaft

Finance

442585

153.      

Zbornik Radova Ekonomskog Fakultet au Rijeci

Finance

13318004

154.      

Investment Analysts Journal

Finance

10293523

155.      

International Journal of Business and Society

Finance

15116670

156.      

Accounting Research Journal

Finance

10309616

157.      

Asian Review of Accounting

Finance

13217348

158.      

Tax Policy and the Economy

Finance

8928649

159.      

Economia Politica

Finance

11202890

160.      

Revista Espanola de Financiacion y Contabilidad

Finance

2102412

161.      

Asia-Pacific Journal of Financial Studies

Finance

20419945 12261165

162.      

Investment Management and Financial Innovations

Finance

18104967

163.      

Review of Development Finance

Finance

18799337

164.      

International Journal of Central Banking

Finance

18154654

165.      

International Journal of Digital Accounting Research

Finance

15778517

166.      

Annual Review of Financial Economics

Finance

19411367

167.      

Macroeconomics and Finance in Emerging Market Economies

Finance

17520843

168.      

Review of Accounting and Finance

Finance

14757702

169.      

Accounting in Europe

Finance

17449480

170.      

International Review of Finance

Finance

1369412X

171.      

Financial Review

Finance

7328516

172.      

Journal of the American Taxation Association

Finance

1989073

173.      

eJournal of Tax Research

Finance

14482398

174.      

Risk and Decision Analysis

Finance

15697371

175.      

International Journal of Banking, Accounting and Finance

Finance

17553830

176.      

Contemporary Economics

Finance

20840845

177.      

Journal of European Real Estate Research

Finance

17539269

178.      

International Journal of Monetary Economics and Finance

Finance

17520479

179.      

Banking and Finance Review

Finance

19477945

180.      

Foundations and Trends in Finance

Finance

15672395

181.      

International Journal of Business

Finance

10834346

182.      

International Insolvency Review

Finance

11800518

183.      

Journal of Behavioral Finance

Finance

15427560

184.      

SIAM Journal on Financial Mathematics

Finance

1945497X

185.      

ATA Journal of Legal Tax Research

Finance

1543866X

186.      

Indian Journal of Finance

Finance

9738711

187.      

China Journal of Accounting Research

Finance

17553091

188.      

African Finance Journal

Finance

16059786

189.      

EuroMed Journal of Business

Finance

14502194

190.      

Journal of Corporate Real Estate

Finance

1463001X

191.      

Comptabilite Controle Audit

Finance

12622788

192.      

Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction

Finance

13664387

193.      

Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance

Finance

22146350

194.      

Australasian Accounting, Business and Finance Journal

Finance

18342000

195.      

International Journal of Electronic Finance

Finance

17460069

196.      

Algorithmic Finance

Finance

21585571

197.      

Revista Contabilidade e Financas

Finance

15197077

198.      

Banks and Bank Systems

Finance

18167403

199.      

Strategic Change

Finance

10861718

200.      

Journal of International Commerce, Economics and Policy

Finance

17939933

201.      

Intelligent Systems in Accounting, Finance and Management

Finance

15501949

202.      

Journal of Central Banking Theory and Practice

Finance

18009581

203.      

International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management

Finance

17538394

204.      

Borsa Istanbul Review

Finance

22148450

205.      

Journal of Credit Risk

Finance

17446619

206.      

Journal of Risk

Finance

14651211

207.      

Journal of Operational Risk

Finance

17446740

208.      

Journal of Computational Finance

Finance

14601559

209.      

Journal of Risk Model Validation

Finance

17539579

210.      

China Finance Review International

Finance

20441398

211.      

Journal of Financial Economic Policy

Finance

17576385

212.      

Qualitative Research in Financial Markets

Finance

17554179

213.      

Managerial Finance

Finance

3074358

214.      

European Journal of Management and Business Economics

Finance

24448451

215.      

Journal of Commodity Markets

Finance

24058513

216.      

Journal of Risk Finance

Finance

9657967

217.      

Real Estate Management and Valuation

Finance

 

218.      

Zhournal Novoi Ekonomicheskoi Associacii

Finance

22212264

219.      

Organizations and Markets in Emerging Economies

Finance

20294581

220.      

Law and Financial Markets Review

Finance

17521440

221.      

Journal of Hospitality Financial Management

Finance

10913211

222.      

Valori e Valutazioni

Finance

20362404

223.      

Cogent Economics and Finance

Finance

 

224.      

International Organisations Research Journal

Finance

19967845

225.      

Ekonomicheskaya Politika

Finance

19945124

226.      

Review of Behavioral Finance

Finance

19405979

227.      

Journal of Financial Therapy

Finance

19457774

228.      

Journal of Business Cycle Research

Finance

25097962

229.      

Capital Markets Law Journal

Finance

17507219

230.      

Journal of Structured Finance

Finance

15519783

231.      

International Journal of Sustainable Economy

Finance

17565804

232.      

Quarterly Journal of Finance

Finance

20101392

233.      

Journal of Economic Development

Finance

2548372

234.      

European Journal of Economics and Economic Policies: Intervention

Finance

20527764

235.      

Bank i Kredyt

Finance

1375520

236.      

Revista Finanzas y Politica Economica

Finance

22486046

237.      

Journal of Southeast Asian Economies

Finance

23395095

238.      

Pacific Accounting Review

Finance

1140582

239.      

Public Sector Economics

Finance

 

240.      

Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods

Finance

22877843

241.      

Journal of Eastern European and Central Asian Research

Finance

23288272

242.      

South Asian Journal of Macroeconomics and Public Finance

Finance

22779787

243.      

Critical Finance Review

Finance

21645744

244.      

ACRN Journal of Finance and Risk Perspectives

Finance

 

245.      

Pakistan Journal of Commerce and Social Science

Finance

19978553

246.      

Journal of Sustainable Finance and Investment

Finance

20430795

247.      

ISRA International Journal of Islamic Finance

Finance

1281976

248.      

Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business

Finance

22884637

249.      

ICSID Review

Finance

2583690

250.      

Journal of the Australasian Tax Teachers Association

Finance

 

251.      

Financial Innovation

Finance

 

252.      

World Scientific Series in Finance

Finance

20101082

253.      

World Scientific Handbook in Financial Economics Series

Finance

20101732

254.      

Journal of Risk Management in Financial Institutions

Finance

17528887

255.      

Lecturas de Economia

Finance

1202596

256.      

Journal of Network Theory in Finance

Finance

20557795

257.      

Finance India

Finance

9703772

258.      

UCJC Business and Society Review

Finance

 

259.      

Central Bank Review

Finance

13030701

260.      

International Journal of Financial Studies

Finance

 

261.      

Transnational Corporations Review

Finance

19186444

262.      

Review of Asset Pricing Studies

Finance

20459920

263.      

Review of Corporate Finance Studies

Finance

20469128

264.      

Journal of Financial Regulation

Finance

20534833

265.      

Buletin Ekonomi Moneter dan Perbankan

Finance

14108046

266.      

British Tax Review

Finance

71870

267.      

Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies

Finance

 

268.      

Advances in Japanese Business and Economics

Finance

21978859

269.      

Journal of Law, Finance, and Accounting

Finance

23805005

270.      

Journal of Australian Taxation

Finance

14400405

271.      

Estudios Gerenciales

Finance

1235923

272.      

Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific

Finance

2662222X

273.      

Annals of Financial Economics

Finance

20104952

274.      

Public Finance Quarterly

Finance

0031496X

275.      

Journal of Index Investing

Finance

21547238

276.      

Journal of Investing

Finance

10680896

277.      

Journal of Retirement

Finance

23266899

278.      

Journal of Governance and Regulation

Finance

22209352

279.      

Thailand and the World Economy

Finance

26300931

280.      

Accounting, Finance, Sustainability, Governance and Fraud

Finance

25097873

281.      

Journal of Finance and Data Science

Finance

 

282.      

Journal of Property Tax Assessment and Administration

Finance

13571419

283.      

Universal Journal of Accounting and Finance

Finance

23319712

284.      

Finance

Finance

7526180

285.      

Economics and Business Review

Finance

23921641

286.      

International Real Estate Review

Finance

21548919

287.      

European Journal of Business Science and Technology

Finance

23366494

288.      

Finance: Theory and Practice

Finance

25875671

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