Like for like

The term like for like (LFL) growth describes a net growth measure indicator that is adjusted of additional or desinvested businesses. This indicator is very important in all businesses that show a significant dynamic of expansations or buying-outs because to compare different growth figures is only reasonable of taking the same basis.

Example

Summarising the growth of a retailer the LFL growth means growth after to the stripping out of the effects of expansionand shop closures. [ [http://moneyterms.co.uk/lfl/ Like-for-like ] ] Like for like sale : Comparing this year's sales to last year's sales by looking at the current sales derived only from activities that were in effect the previous year as well. This method would ignore sales that were only possible this year, for reasons such as a merger or acquisition or the launch of a new product.

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