An animal's finances and ROI

An animal's Finance tab shows the recorded money linked to that animal and the records you chose. Its current estimate is shown separately for planning. ROI means return on investment; Creatures shows several results rather than one overall ROI score.

Open the animal's records

For members with Finance records, open the animal's profile and select Finance. Check the name under Records. If a Record set choice is shown, select the one you need.

No Finance records yet? Open Finance and select Add money to start them.

Use Add money to record linked money, Advanced entry for the detailed entry form, or Add setup details / Edit setup details for the animal's starting details.

Read the Money card

Use From and Through, then View dates, to choose the period. The headline amounts are:

• Income: recorded income connected to this animal.
• Recorded costs: costs connected to it, including inventory used or sold.
• After recorded costs: income minus those recorded costs.
• Actual acquisition cost: the recorded cost of acquiring it.
• Starting value: a recorded basis, not proof of money paid.
• Current estimate: a planning estimate, with an Owner estimate or Crestimate source when available.

Acquisition cost and starting value are not subtracted again from After recorded costs. Read the notes under a number to see its sources and any gaps.

Change the current estimate

The Current estimate panel says Used for management for the planning value. It uses your own estimate first, then an eligible Crestimate, which is Creatures' estimate of market value. With neither, it says Not recorded.

Select Edit current estimate or Set current estimate. Enter the amount and Valuation date, add Notes if useful, then select Save value.

Clear manual value removes your estimate. Creatures then uses an eligible Crestimate if there is one, or shows Not recorded. This does not change income, costs or book value.

If a note says a Crestimate is more than 20% away from your value, you can select Use Crestimate or Dismiss. The difference does not change your value on its own.

Read observed breeding results

From the animal’s Money card, select Accountant tools. Under Breeding, genetics, services, and customer value, find Observed breeding results · Not additive. It lists up to five animals with the highest results for these dates. If your animal is not listed, it may have no linked results for these dates, or other animals may rank higher. It compares the parent and available offspring for the report dates. Check its coverage line first.

• After recorded costs · Overlapping comparison is their income minus recorded costs. This money also appears on the animals' own tabs. Do not add those results together.
• Return on recorded costs compares that result with recorded costs. It is not a return on purchase price.
• Cost recovered compares after recorded costs with purchase price. It is not cash in your bank. It says Unavailable when the comparison lacks a recorded purchase price or complete coverage.

Missing or partial coverage means some linked facts are unavailable. It does not prove there was no activity. Check pedigree links and connect entries to the right animals.

In the same Accountant tools section, Observed genetic line results · Not additive compares available descendants. It also lists up to five animals. Descendants may appear in more than one line. Its marketplace breed comparison uses USD and all recorded history, separately from your chosen dates.

Check an entry

Open an entry under Income and expenses to inspect its details. Use Add note or Add flag when your bookkeeper needs to review it.

Related information

• Recording money in and out
• Animal cost basis and starting values
• Reviewing and updating your animal values

Updated on: 28/10/2026