tuotto

Tuotto is a Finnish term that broadly denotes yield, return or production output. Depending on context, it can refer to financial returns on investments, income earned by a company, or the physical production output of an agricultural or industrial process. The word is common in financial, economic, and agricultural language and is used across contexts with nuanced meanings.

In finance, tuotto refers to the total return on an investment, including periodic income such as interest or dividends and any capital gains. It can be expressed as an absolute amount or as a percentage of the invested capital. The concept is central to evaluating investments, often alongside risk and time horizon. Common variants include annualized return and cumulative return.

In accounting and business, tuotto can denote income produced by a firm from its activities. In everyday language it is sometimes used interchangeably with revenue or sales income, although official Finnish accounting terms prefer liikevaihto for turnover.

In production and agriculture, tuotto indicates yield or output, for example crop yield per hectare or total annual production. It is influenced by factors such as inputs, technology, and climate, and is a key measure of efficiency and productivity.