What Is Return on Investment?
The gain is what came back minus what you spent; the answer is usually shown as a percent.
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1.What is the ROI formula?
The gain is what came back minus what you spent; the answer is usually shown as a percent.
2.You spend 100 and get 110 back. What is the ROI?
The gain is 110 minus 100, which is 10, and 10 divided by 100 is 0.1.
3.You spend 100 and get only 90 back. What is the ROI?
A loss has an ROI too.
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Sources (3)
- Return on investment (Wikipedia, englisch)
- OpenStax, Principles of Finance, 16.3 Internal Rate of Return (IRR) Method
- Eigene Rechnung: synthetische Projektbeispiele (ROI, Laufzeit, Jahresrate)
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