HomeDefinitionsCompareDebt Factor analysisThe financial definition for Factor analysis:A statistical procedure that seeks to explain a certain phenomenon, such as the return on a common stock, in terms of the behavior of a set of predictive factors. Similar MatchesBreak even analysisBreak even analysisAn analysis of the level of sales at which a project would make zero profit. Cluster analysisCluster analysisA statistical technique that identifies clusters of stocks whose returns are highly correlated within each cluster and relatively uncorrelated across clusters. Cluster analysis has identified groupings such as growth, cyclical, stable, and energy stocks. Common base year analysisCommon base year analysisThe representing of accounting information over multiple years as percentages of amounts in an initial year. Further SuggestionsCommon size analysisComparative credit analysis Credit analysis Cross sectional analysis Decision Break Point Analysis Discriminate analysis Horizon analysis Click to compare definitions of Factor analysis Click to view definitions beginning fa |