annualize
Convert to yearly
To annualize is to convert a rate or figure to its yearly equivalent.
A monthly return of 1% annualizes to about 12.7% when compounded.
Businesses annualize quarterly earnings to project full-year performance: The company's annualized revenue exceeded projections.
The term belongs primarily to finance and accounting.
Elements merging progressively
- interestAttention, stake, or fee
- yieldProduce or relinquish
- rateMeasured speed or charge
- amortizationGradual debt reduction schedule
dividend · revenue · earnings · accrual · depreciation · prorate · quarterly · monthly
Extend known data outward
- forecastPrediction of future conditions
- estimateInformed guess at quantity
- projectPlanned, effortful task
- calculateDetermine through math
prorate · compute · convert · adjust · interpolate · derive · determine · multiply
Four times annually
- monthlyOccurring each lunar cycle
- fiscalOf public revenue
- budgetingAllocating funds systematically
- forecastingEstimating future conditions
earnings · revenue · comparative · benchmark · metrics · baseline · year-over-year · periodic
Measured speed or charge
- frequencyRate of recurrence
- incidenceRate of occurrence
- probabilityQuantified chance of occurrence
- samplingExtracting subset for study
percentiles · actuarial · risk · data · metrics · indicators · demographics · variance
compounding
Elements merging progressively
amortization · dividend · revenue · earnings · accrual · depreciation · prorate · quarterly · monthly · fiscal
extrapolate
Extend known data outward
- forecastPrediction of future conditions
- estimateInformed guess at quantity
- projectPlanned, effortful task
calculate · prorate · compute · convert · adjust · interpolate · derive · determine · multiply · aggregate
quarterly
Four times annually
forecasting · earnings · revenue · comparative · benchmark · metrics · baseline · year-over-year · periodic · statements
rate
Measured speed or charge
- frequencyRate of recurrence
- incidenceRate of occurrence
- probabilityQuantified chance of occurrence
sampling · percentiles · actuarial · risk · data · metrics · indicators · demographics · variance · distribution