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Banking
Net interest income
NII = (Earning assets × Asset yield) − (Funding × Funding cost)
Interest earned minus interest paid.
Banking
Net interest margin
NIM = NII ÷ Earning assets
The spread expressed as a percentage of the money put to work.
Banking
Expected loss
EL = PD × LGD × EAD
Probability of default times loss given default times exposure at default.
Fintech
Contribution per loan
Contribution = Revenue − Expected loss − Servicing cost
What each loan adds before fixed costs.
Fintech
Break-even loan volume
Break-even loans = Fixed costs ÷ Contribution per loan
The number of loans needed to cover the platform.
Fintech
Acquisition payback
Payback = Customer acquisition cost ÷ Contribution per loan
How many loans it takes to earn back the cost of winning a customer.
Derivatives
Forward price (cost of carry)
F = S × (1 + r)ᵀ
The price that makes carrying the asset and agreeing to buy it later equivalent.
Derivatives
Call payoff at expiry
Payoff = max(S − K, 0)
The value of the right to buy at the strike.
Derivatives
Call profit
Profit = max(S − K, 0) − Premium
Payoff after the cost of the option.
Management Accounting
Contribution margin per unit
CM = Price − Variable cost per unit
The cash each sale leaves behind to cover fixed costs.
- Price
- Selling price per unit
- Variable cost
- Direct cost per unit
Management Accounting
Contribution margin ratio
CM ratio = CM ÷ Price
The share of every taka of sales that survives variable costs.
Management Accounting
Break-even units
Break-even units = Fixed costs ÷ CM
The volume at which contribution covers fixed costs exactly.
Management Accounting
Units for a target profit
Units = (Fixed costs + Target profit) ÷ CM
The volume needed to deliver a planned profit.
Management Accounting
Margin of safety
MoS = (Expected units − Break-even units) ÷ Expected units
How far sales can fall before the business makes a loss.
Management Accounting
Degree of operating leverage
DOL = Contribution ÷ Operating profit
The multiple by which a change in sales is amplified into a change in profit.
Investments
Bond price
P = Σ [C ÷ (1 + y)ᵗ] + F ÷ (1 + y)ⁿ
The present value of every coupon plus the present value of face value, discounted at the yield to maturity.
- C
- Coupon payment per period
- F
- Face value repaid at maturity
- y
- Yield to maturity
- n
- Number of periods to maturity
Investments
Current yield
Current yield = Annual coupon ÷ Price
The income return, ignoring any gain or loss at maturity.
Investments
Par, premium, and discount
Coupon = y → par; Coupon > y → premium; Coupon < y → discount
The relationship that tells you which way the bond trades.
Investments
Approximate price change
ΔP ÷ P ≈ −Modified duration × Δy
A first-order estimate of how much price moves for a small change in yield.
Financial Analysis
Current ratio
Current ratio = Current assets ÷ Current liabilities
A quick read on short-term financial strength.
Financial Analysis
Gross margin
Gross margin = (Revenue − COGS) ÷ Revenue
The share of each sale left after direct costs.
Financial Analysis
Return on equity
ROE = Net income ÷ Shareholders' equity
Profit generated for each unit of owners' capital.
Financial Analysis
Debt to equity
D/E = Total debt ÷ Shareholders' equity
How much debt the business carries relative to equity.
International Finance
Forward rate from interest rates
F = S × (1 + i_domestic) ÷ (1 + i_foreign)
The forward rate that removes any riskless gain from borrowing one currency and lending the other.
International Finance
Relative purchasing power parity
Expected change in spot ≈ Inflation differential
The currency of the higher-inflation country is expected to depreciate.
Financial Modeling
Cash flow from net income
FCF = Net income + D&A − ΔWorking capital − Capex
The bridge from accounting profit to the cash a model can actually deploy.
- D&A
- Depreciation and amortisation, a non-cash charge added back
- ΔWorking capital
- Cash absorbed by receivables, inventory, and payables
- Capex
- Cash spent on long-lived assets
Corporate Finance
Cost of equity (CAPM)
Re = Rf + β × (Rm − Rf)
The return shareholders require, built from the risk-free rate plus a premium for market risk.
- Rf
- Risk-free rate
- β
- Sensitivity of the shares to the market
- Rm
- Expected market return
Corporate Finance
After-tax cost of debt
Rd (after tax) = Rd × (1 − t)
The interest rate reduced by the tax shield on interest.
Corporate Finance
Capital weights
E/V and D/V, where V = E + D
Market values, not book values, drive the weights.
Corporate Finance
Weighted average cost of capital
WACC = (E/V) × Re + (D/V) × Rd × (1 − t)
The blended after-tax cost of all capital.
Valuation
Enterprise value from a multiple
EV = Multiple × Metric
Applies a peer multiple to the company's own metric.
Valuation
Equity value bridge
Equity value = Enterprise value − Net debt
Moves from the value of the business to the value of the shares.
Valuation
Perpetuity growth value
Value = FCF₁ ÷ (WACC − g)
The value of cash flows growing at a constant rate forever.
Investments
Macaulay duration
D = Σ [t × PV(CFₜ)] ÷ Price
The present-value-weighted average time to the bond's cash flows, in years.
- t
- Time of the cash flow, in periods
- PV(CFₜ)
- Present value of that cash flow
Investments
Modified duration
D* = D ÷ (1 + y ÷ m)
The percentage price change for a one-point change in yield.
- y
- Yield to maturity
- m
- Coupons per year
Investments
Price change with convexity
ΔP ≈ P × [−D* × Δy + ½ × C × Δy²]
A second-order estimate of the price change for a move in yield.
- D*
- Modified duration
- C
- Convexity
- Δy
- Change in yield, as a decimal
Investments
Gordon growth value
V₀ = D₁ ÷ (r − g)
Value per share equals next year's dividend divided by the required return minus the growth rate.
- D₁
- Dividend expected next year
- r
- Required return for the risk
- g
- Perpetual dividend growth rate
Investments
Implied required return
r = (D₁ ÷ V₀) + g
Rearranges the model: the return is the dividend yield plus the growth rate.
Risk Management
Rate-sensitive gap
Gap = Rate-sensitive assets − Rate-sensitive liabilities
How much of the book reprices when rates move.
Risk Management
Change in net interest income
ΔNII = Gap × Δrate
The first-order effect of a rate move on earnings.
Risk Management
Parametric value at risk
VaR = z × σ × Position value
The loss a position is expected to exceed only rarely over a set horizon and confidence level.
Risk Management
Liquidity coverage ratio
LCR = High-quality liquid assets ÷ Net cash outflows over 30 days
Whether a firm can survive a stressed month.
Financial Management
Future value
FV = PV × (1 + r)ⁿ
Grows a present amount forward by a constant rate per period.
- PV
- Present value
- r
- Rate per period
- n
- Number of periods
Financial Management
Present value
PV = FV ÷ (1 + r)ⁿ
Brings a future amount back to today's value.
Investments
Two-asset portfolio variance
σp² = w1²σ1² + w2²σ2² + 2·w1·w2·ρ·σ1·σ2
Portfolio risk is not the average of the parts; correlation decides how much of it survives.
- w
- Weight of each asset
- σ
- Volatility of each asset
- ρ
- Correlation between the two return series
Investments
Beta
β = Cov(Ra, Rm) ÷ Var(Rm) = ρ × (σa ÷ σm)
How much a holding moves when the market moves by one unit.
- Cov(Ra, Rm)
- Covariance of the asset with the market
- Var(Rm)
- Variance of the market return
Investments
Sharpe ratio
Sharpe = (E(R) − Rf) ÷ σ
Excess return per unit of total risk. Suits a whole portfolio.
Investments
Treynor ratio
Treynor = (E(R) − Rf) ÷ β
Excess return per unit of systematic risk. Suits one sleeve of a diversified book.
Investments
Jensen's alpha
α = E(R) − [Rf + β × (Rm − Rf)]
The return left over once the beta has been paid for.
Corporate Finance
Degree of financial leverage
DFL = EBIT ÷ (EBIT − Interest)
How much a change in operating profit moves earnings per share.
Corporate Finance
Degree of combined leverage
DCL = DOL × DFL = Contribution ÷ (EBIT − Interest)
The total amplification from sales to earnings per share.
Corporate Finance
Earnings per share
EPS = (EBIT − Interest) × (1 − t) ÷ Shares
Profit available to each share after interest and tax.
Corporate Finance
Interest coverage
Coverage = EBIT ÷ Interest expense
How many times operating profit covers the interest bill.
Ethics
Expected fine
Expected fine = Probability of penalty × Size of penalty
The probability-weighted cost of a failure.
Ethics
Net present value of controls
NPV = PV(Expected fine avoided) − Cost of controls
Whether prevention pays on the numbers alone.
Investments
Expected return
E(R) = Σ (pᵢ × Rᵢ)
The probability-weighted average of each possible outcome.
Investments
Capital asset pricing model
E(R) = Rf + β × (Rm − Rf)
Estimates the return required for holding a risky asset relative to the market.
- Rf
- Risk-free rate
- β
- Sensitivity to the market
- Rm
- Expected market return
Investments
Real return (Fisher)
Real return = (1 + nominal) ÷ (1 + inflation) − 1
The return after removing the effect of inflation.
Corporate Finance
Net working capital
NWC = Current assets − Current liabilities
The short-term resources supporting operations.
Corporate Finance
Cash conversion cycle
CCC = Inventory days + Receivable days − Payable days
The number of days cash is tied up before it returns through sales and collection.
Corporate Finance
Contribution margin
CM = Price − Variable cost per unit
What each sale contributes towards fixed costs and profit.
Corporate Finance
Break-even revenue
Break-even revenue = Break-even units × Price
The sales value needed to cover all costs.
Corporate Finance
Net present value
NPV = Σ [CFₜ ÷ (1 + r)ᵗ] − C₀
Sum the discounted cash flows, then subtract the initial investment.
- CFₜ
- Cash flow in period t
- r
- Discount rate per period
- C₀
- Initial investment at time zero
Corporate Finance
Discount factor
DFₜ = 1 ÷ (1 + r)ᵗ
The multiplier that converts a period-t cash flow to today.
Financial Management
Simple interest
FV = PV × (1 + r × n)
Interest is paid on the original principal only.
Financial Management
Compound interest
FV = PV × (1 + r)ⁿ
Each period earns interest on the previous balance.
Corporate Finance
Internal rate of return
0 = Σ [CFₜ ÷ (1 + IRR)ᵗ] − C₀
The discount rate at which the present value of inflows equals the outlay.
Corporate Finance
Decision rule
Accept when IRR > cost of capital
For a conventional project, IRR above the hurdle rate is equivalent to a positive NPV.
Corporate Finance
Modified IRR
MIRR = (FV of inflows ÷ PV of outflows)^(1/n) − 1
Reinvests cash flows at the cost of capital, removing IRR's unrealistic reinvestment assumption.
Corporate Finance
Payback period
Payback = Years before full recovery + Unrecovered ÷ Cash flow that year
Time until cumulative cash flow returns the initial investment.
Corporate Finance
Discounted payback
Same as payback, using discounted cash flows
Payback measured in present-value terms, so it respects the time value of money.
Corporate Finance
Profitability index
PI = PV of inflows ÷ Initial investment
Value created per taka invested, useful when capital is rationed.
Financial Analysis
Accounting equation
Assets = Liabilities + Equity
Everything a business owns is financed by debt or by owners' capital.
- Assets
- Resources controlled by the business
- Liabilities
- Amounts owed to others
- Equity
- Owners' residual interest
Financial Analysis
Compound growth of a line item
FV = PV × (1 + g)ⁿ
Compare revenue or profit across years by applying a constant growth rate.
Financial Management
Present value of an annuity
PV = PMT × [1 − (1 + r)⁻ⁿ] ÷ r
Values an equal payment received each period, such as a loan instalment or lease.
- PMT
- Payment per period
- r
- Rate per period
- n
- Number of periods