Daryo Feb 25, 2022:

OK ... that makes it clearer.

So this "dollar utilisation" is a kind of "return on investment" - invest 100k€ in buying generators and then "get back" 84k€ in annual rental income = 84% dollar utilization.

"rentabilité financière" sounds right. As long as it's clear from the context that it's specifically about money "invested in buying equipment to be hired out".

"rentabilité financière des achats de matériel à louer"?

david henrion (asker) Feb 24, 2022:

@Daryo Désolé je me suis un peu fourvoyé dans ma question. Cette "dollar utilization" est du point de vue de la société de location se demandant s'il est plus rentable pour elle de louer certains équipement que d'autres. Ex : achat de 4 groupes électrogènes pour 100k€ ou d'une chargeuse pour 130k€.
Les groupes génèrent 84k€ de revenus (84% de $ utilization) par an et la chargeuse 32,5k€ (25% de $ utilization). Peut-être peut on parler simplement de rentabilité financière. Il faut dire que mon document est globalement mal rédigé.

Daryo Feb 24, 2022:

"ratio between the annual cost of rental vs acquisition of an equipment" would be a ratio that makes sense only from the viewpoint of the "user" of the equipment, NOT from the view point of the company offering equipment for hire.

Any more details? Few full sentences where the term was used?

Or it is a ratio calculated from the viewpoint of the rental company? As in: ratio of "how much was earned from renting the equipment" compared to the "cost of acquisition" like yearly rental income 90.000 vs cost of buying that equipment 200.000?

For whose benefit this ratio is being calculated?

david henrion (asker) Feb 24, 2022:

oui mais .... J'aurais dû l'insérer dans ma question car ce taux d'utilisation est exprimé en %
"an average dollar utilization of around 85%"