Economic profit is a term that refers to the total return on capital less the cost of capital. Unlike accounting profit, whihc consists of revenues less financial costs, the economic profit includes also opportunity cost (primarly interest on own capital, including risk reward).
Calculation: Economic profit = Total return on capital - Cost of capital
Use of Economic profit in practice: in business it is used by CFO in financial analysis to analyze ratios.
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