This week’s podcast is about the external view and the importance of base rates. Berkshire-invested Kroger supermarkets is a good example of a company that can really be viewed externally.
You can listen to this podcast here or at iTunes and Google Podcasts.
Here is my new book:
Common metrics for base rates:
- Sales growth
- Gross profitability (gross profits / assets)
- Operating leverage. Change in operating profits relative to change in sales.
- Operating profit margin
- Earnings growth
- CFROI
Here is the McKinsey Power Law for economic profits
Here is the McKinsey book Beyond the Hockey Stick.
Here is the Hairy Back graphic from McKinsey
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Related articles:
From the Concept Library, concepts for this article are:
- External vs. Internal View
- Regression to the Mean (average / base rates, rate of regression)
From the Company Library, companies for this article are:
- Kroger
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