Financial Returns

Formal

A broad, catch-all term for a family of financial measures that show the value or performance of an outcome. Common examples include:

• Net Profit % to Sales
• R.O.C.E,
• R.O.I,
• NPV,
  …and many more.

Straight Talk

A CFO tells the team 'we need to see strong financial returns before backing this project' - without specifying whether they mean ROI, IRR, NPV, or something else entirely.