comparables

comparables definition - finance
In the world of retail sales, the term comparables, or comps, refers to sales in stores that have been open for longer than one year. Investors can use comps to figure out how much of the companyÂ’s overall sales growth was the result of the opening of new stores.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
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