Net operating profit after taxes
Net operating profit after taxes (also known by its acronym, NOPAT) is the amount of profit a company would generate if it had no debt and no financial assets.
Definitions
According to Financial Management Theory and Practice by Eugene F. Brigham and Michael C. Ehrhardt (13th edition),
- NOPAT (net operating profit after taxes). The amount of profit a company would generate if it had no debt and no financial assets.
According to Fundamentals of Financial Management by Eugene F. Brigham and Joel F. Houston (15th edition),
- Net operating profit after taxes (NOPAT). The profit a company would generate if it had no debt and held only operating assets.
Related concepts
- Financial management. A combination of enterprise efforts undertaken in order to procure and utilize monetary resources of the enterprise.
