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How Finmark Calculates LTV, CAC, and CAC Payback
How Finmark Calculates LTV, CAC, and CAC Payback

A breakdown of how Finmark Calculates your customer key performance indicators.

Updated over 3 years ago

Definition: (LTV) is how much revenue one customer generates for your business over time.

LTV Formula:

(ARPA* Gross Margin) / Revenue Churn = LTV

Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC) is how much money you spend in sales and marketing to acquire one new customer.

CAC Formula

Sum of Sales and Marketing Expenses / # of new customers acquired

Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC) payback is the number of months it will take to recover the cost of acquiring a customer (your break-even point).

CAC Payback Formula

(CAC / Avg MRR * Gross Margin%)

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