L1 2025 Formula Sheet
L1 2025 Formula Sheet
M.M148202011.
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MAD =
∑ |𝑥 − 𝑥̅ | where B is the target and n is the total number of
𝑛 sample observations. Total Probability Rule
Percentile Coefficient of Variation 𝑃(𝐴) = 𝑃(𝐴|𝐵 ) × 𝑃(𝐵 ) + 𝑃(𝐴|𝐵 ) × 𝑃(𝐵 )
y
Percentile = Ly = (n + 1) × + 𝑃(𝐴|𝐵 ) × 𝑃(𝐵 )
100
𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝐷𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑥 𝑠 + ⋯ 𝑃(𝐴|𝐵 ) × 𝑃(𝐵 )
𝐶𝑉 = =
𝐴𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑉𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑥 𝑥̅
Distribution
Quartile =
4
Skewness
Distribution Positive Skew; Mean > Median > Mode Expected Value of a Random Variable
Quintile =
5 Negative Skew; Mean < Median < Mode
Distribution 𝐸(𝑋) = 𝑃(𝑋 )𝑋 + 𝑃(𝑋 )𝑋 +. . . 𝑃(𝑋 )𝑋 = 𝑃(𝑋 )𝑋
Decile =
10 Probability Stated as Odds
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𝑃(𝐸)
𝑂𝑑𝑑𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑛 𝐸𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡 ′𝐸′ =
Range 1 − 𝑃(𝐸)
Variance of a Random Variable
1 − 𝑃(𝐸)
Range = Maximum value – Minimum value 𝑂𝑑𝑑𝑠 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑛 𝐸𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡 ′𝐸′ =
𝑃(𝐸)
𝜎 (𝑋) = 𝑃(𝑋 ) [𝑋 − 𝐸(𝑋)]
Large sample, Population Variance Test of the Difference in Means Assumptions of Simple Linear Regression
Linearity: a linear relation exists between the
Unknown (Unequal Variances)
s dependent variable and the independent variable.
𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑓𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑠 = 𝑋 ± 𝑧 / × Homoscedasticity: variance of the error term is the
√n (𝑋 − 𝑋 ) − (𝜇 − 𝜇 )
𝑡= same for all observations.
𝑠 𝑠 Independence: the error term is uncorrelated
Small sample, Population Variance + across observations
𝑛 𝑛
Unknown Normality: the error term is normally distributed
s
𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑓𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑠 = 𝑋 ± 𝑡 / × 𝑠 𝑠
√n + TSS = SSE + RSS
𝑛 𝑛
𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑓 =
(𝑠 ⁄𝑛 ) (𝑠 ⁄𝑛 )
Type I and II Errors 𝑛
+
𝑛
Type I – Reject H0 when true (𝑌 − 𝑌) = (𝑌 − 𝑌 ) + (𝑌 − 𝑌)
Type II – Accept H0 when false
Test of Mean of Differences
where;
Power of a Test
1 − 𝑃(𝑇𝑦𝑝𝑒 𝐼𝐼 𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑟) 𝑑̅ − 𝜇 1
𝑡= 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑑̅ = 𝑑 TSS: total sum of squares (total variance)
𝑠 𝑛
(𝑌 − 𝑌 )
Test of a Single Mean
Test of a Single Variance SSE: sum of the squares errors (unexplained
𝑋−𝜇 𝑋−𝜇 variance)
𝑧= 𝜎 or 𝑡 = 𝑠 (𝑛 − 1)𝑠 2
𝑛 𝜒 = (𝑌𝑖 − 𝑌𝑖 )
√ √𝑛 𝜎 M.M148202011.
Cost of Goods Sold (FIFO/LIFO) US GAAP: Lower of Cost, Market Value or Net
𝐶𝑂𝐺𝑆 = 𝐵𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐼𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 + 𝑃𝑢𝑟𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑠 Realisable Value (NRV)
− 𝐸𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐼𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦
Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) 𝑉𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 Forms of Market Efficiency
𝑊𝐴𝐶𝐶 = 𝑤 𝑟 (1 – 𝑡) + 𝑤 𝑟 + 𝑤 𝑟
𝐿𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜 =
𝑉𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑖𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 Weak Form; security prices fully reflect all past
market data; past trading data is already reflected in
prices; technical analysis won’t lead to superior risk-
Cost of Equity using CAPM Rate of Return on Margin Transaction adjusted performance
𝐸(𝑅 ) = 𝑅 + 𝛽 [𝐸(𝑅 ) − 𝑅 ] 𝑅𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐸𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑡𝑦 − 𝐼𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑂𝑢𝑡𝑙𝑎𝑦 Semi-Strong Form; prices reflect all publicly known
𝑅𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛 =
𝐼𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑂𝑢𝑡𝑙𝑎𝑦 and available information; new information is
Cost of Debt Capital rapidly reflected in prices; fundamental and
After tax cost of debt = r (1 – t) technical analysis can’t achieve excess returns
Cost of Preferred Stock Price Weighted Index Strong Form; security prices fully reflect both public
D
𝑉𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 =
∑ 𝑛𝑃 and private information; technical analysis,
𝑟 =
P 𝐷𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑜𝑟 fundamental analysis and private information can’t
𝑃
Cost of Equity using DDM Approach 𝑤 = be used to achieve excess returns
∑ 𝑃
𝐷
𝑟 =
𝑃
+𝑔
Market-Value Weighted Index Porter’s Five Forces and Competitive
𝐶𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑒𝑡 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 Strategies
Sustainable Growth Rate 𝑉𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 =
𝐵𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑡𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑒𝑡 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 Threat of Entry
𝑔 = 1−
𝐷
× 𝑅𝑂𝐸 × 𝐵𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑥 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 Power of Suppliers
𝐸𝑃𝑆 𝑄𝑃 Power of Buyers
𝑤𝑖 =
𝑄𝑃 Threat of Substitutes
Operating & Cash Conversion Cycle Rivalry among existing Competitors
𝑂𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑦𝑐𝑙𝑒
= 𝑁𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑑𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑖𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 Equal Weighted Index Two Competitive Strategies: Product Differentiation
+ 𝑁𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑑𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑠 and Cost Leadership
𝑉𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 = 𝐼𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑥 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒
× (1 + % 𝐶ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝐼𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑥 𝑉𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒)
𝐶𝑎𝑠ℎ 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑐𝑦𝑐𝑙𝑒 1
= 𝑁𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑑𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑖𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑤 =
𝑁
Value of Common Stock
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+ 𝑁𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑑𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑠
− 𝑁𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑑𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑝𝑎𝑦𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑠
Dividend Discount Model
𝐷 × (1 + 𝑔 ) 𝑉
Accounts Payable Management 𝑉𝑜 = +
(1 + 𝑟) (1 + 𝑟)
%
Cost of trade credit = 1 + −1
%
EQ
CORP
(2/4)
(2/3) CORP
EQ (3/3)
(3/4) EQ (1/4) EQ (4/4)
(2/4) PM (1/4)
Gordon Growth Model
Portfolio Management Covariance (Asset Returns)
𝐷 × (1 + 𝑔) 𝒏
𝑉 = (𝑅 − 𝐸(𝑅 ̇ ) 𝑅 − 𝐸(𝑅 ̇
𝑟−𝑔 Return Measures 𝑐𝑜𝑣 𝑅 , 𝑅 = 𝒕 𝟏
𝑃/𝑆 =
𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑟 = [(1 + r ) × (1 + r ) × … × (1 + r )] − 1 Capital Allocation Line (CAL)
𝑆𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒 Portfolio Expected Return and Standard Deviation
Nominal Return Plot of combinations Risk-Free and Risky Asset
𝑁𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛 (𝑟) = (1 + r ) × (1 + π) − 1 𝐸(𝑟 ) − 𝑟
𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝐸(𝑟 ) = 𝑟 + 𝜎
𝑃/𝐵 = 𝜎
𝐵𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒
Variance (Asset Returns)
Enterprise Value Multiples (𝑅 − 𝜇) Capital Market Line (CML)
𝜎 = Tangency point of efficient frontier on Capital
𝐸𝑉 𝐸𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑒 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑇
𝐸𝐵𝐼𝑇𝐷𝐴
=
𝐸𝐵𝐼𝑇𝐷𝐴 Allocation Line. The risky portfolio becomes the
(𝑅 − 𝑅 ) market portfolio.
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𝑠 =
Asset Based Model 𝑇−1
𝐸𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 Beta
= 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑒𝑡 𝑜𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑟 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑠 𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑡𝑠 Standard Deviation 𝐶𝑜𝑣(𝑅 , 𝑅 ) 𝜌 , 𝜎
𝛽 = =
− 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑒𝑡 𝑜𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑟 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠 Square root of variance 𝜎 𝜎
Capacity
Π= 𝑝 − 𝑝 𝐹0 (𝑇)
Collateral 𝑉 (T) = 𝑆 + 𝐶 − 𝐼 −
Covenants (1 + 𝑅𝐹 )𝑇−𝑡
Character Expiration Value (Short)
−𝑝 = −𝑀𝑎𝑥(0, 𝑋 − 𝑆 ) Option Value Factors
Option Value = Time Value + Intrinsic Value
Derivatives Profit (Short)
Π = −𝑝 + 𝑝
Exchange Traded vs OTC Derivatives Increase in:
Exchange Traded Stock Price: (C ↑); (P ↓)
Public European Option: Only exercisable at maturity Exercise Price: (C ↓); (P ↑)
Standardized American Option: Can be exercised at any time; Time to Expiration: (C ↑); (P ↑)
Regulated Can’t be priced less than European options Volatility: (C ↑); (P ↑)
No counterparty risk Risk-Free-Rate: (C ↑); (P ↓)
OTC Derivatives Future/Forward Payoff
Private 𝐿𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑃𝑎𝑦𝑜𝑓𝑓 = 𝑆 – 𝐹 (T) Put-Call Parity
Customizable 𝑋
Lower regulation 𝑆ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑃𝑎𝑦𝑜𝑓𝑓 = 𝐹 (T)− 𝑆 𝑆 +𝑝 = 𝑐 +
(1 + 𝑟)
Counterparty Risk *can be rearranged
Option Payoff Interest Rate Swaps
Call Option Can be viewed as series of Forward Rate
Expiration Value (Long)
Options Strategies
Agreements to lend/borrow at a future date. Protective Put: Long Underlying, Long Put
𝑐 = 𝑀𝑎𝑥(0, 𝑆 – 𝑋) Helpful for transforming the nature of debt. Covered Call: Long Underlying, Short Call
Profit (Long) Fiduciary Call: Long Call, Long Risk-Free Bond
Π= 𝑐 − 𝑐 Forward Price Binomial Option Model
𝐹 (T) = 𝑆 (1 + 𝑟) π𝑐 + (1 − π)𝑐
𝐹 (T) = (𝑆 − 𝐼 + 𝐶)(1 + 𝑟) 𝑐 =
Expiration Value (Short) 1+𝑟
−𝑐 = −𝑀𝑎𝑥(0, 𝑆 – 𝑋) 𝐹 (T) = 𝑆 (1 + 𝑟) − (𝐼 − 𝐶)(1 + 𝑟)
𝐼 = present value of benefits 1+ 𝑟−𝑑
𝐶 = present value of costs π=
Profit (Short) 𝑢−𝑑
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Π = −𝑐 + 𝑐
Hedge Ratio
𝑐 − 𝑐
𝑛 =
𝑆 − 𝑆
Infrastructure
Private Equity Long lived and capital intensive. These assets are
Leveraged Buyouts (LBOs): substantial use of intended for public use, as they provide essential
leverage to take companies private services.
LBO Target Characteristics: Strong and Sustainable
Cash Flows; Depressed Prices; Inefficient Companies
Fee Calculations
Venture Capital: Characterized by stage of company 𝑀𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝐹𝑒𝑒 = 𝐴𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑡𝑠 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡
× % 𝑀𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑓𝑒𝑒
of interest 𝐼𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝐹𝑒𝑒 = 𝐺𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠 𝑛𝑒𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑓𝑒𝑒
1. Formative-stage financing: a) Angel Investing b) × % 𝐼𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑓𝑒𝑒
Seed-Stage c) Early-Stage
2. Later-stage financing Hurdle Rate: Rate above which incentive fees are
3. Mezzanine-stage financing paid. Hard hurdle rate: fess only apply to returns
Exit Strategies: Trade Sale, IPO, Recapitalization, that exceed the hurdle rate. Soft hurdle rate: fees
Secondary Sales, Write-Off/Liquidation apply to the entire return.
Valuation Methods: market or comparables, High Water Mark: Highest cumulative return used
discounted cash flow (DCF) and asset-based to calculate incentive fees
Real Estate
Private Debt (Mortgages, Construction Lending)
Public Debt (MBS, CMOs)
Private Equity (Direct/Indirect Ownership) M.M148202011.