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It has 9 sections: Time Value, Annuities, NPV / IRR, Bonds, Stock Value, CAPM / Beta, WACC, Capital Structure and Payback / Ratios. Together they cover the topics a typical Corporate Finance exam tests, including time value of money, annuities and perpetuities, NPV and IRR and bond valuation.

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Finance Formulas Cheat Sheet — 1-page PDF

Time value, valuation, CAPM, WACC, capital structure, ratios. The whole course on one dense, printable page for your midterm or final, with every formula typeset and worked examples where they help.

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Time value of money
Annuities and perpetuities
NPV and IRR
Bond valuation
Stock valuation: dividend discount
CAPM and beta
WACC
Capital structure
Payback period
Financial ratios

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01Time Value

Present value (PV): Today’s value of future cash flows discounted at rate $r$ .
Future value (FV): Value at end of $n$ periods after compounding at rate $r$ .

Single sum FV

F V = P V (1 + r)^{n}

$r$ per period, $n$ periods.

Single sum PV

P V = \frac{F V}{( 1 + r ) ^{n}}

Discount one future cash flow.

Compounding conventions

Type	Formula	Note
Annual	$(1 + r)^{n}$	$r$ per year
$m$ times/yr	$(1 + \frac{r}{m})^{m t}$	$t$ years
Continuous	$e^{r t}$	if given continuous compounding

Watch out:Match $r$ and $n$ timing. Nominal APR ≠ effective annual rate unless compounding annually.

02Annuities

Ordinary annuity: Equal cash flow each period, paid at end of each period.
Annuity due: Equal cash flow each period, paid at beginning of each period.

03Bonds

Bond price: PV of coupon payments plus PV of face value.

Bond price

P = \sum_{t = 1}^{n} \frac{C}{( 1 + y ) ^{t}} + \frac{F}{( 1 + y ) ^{n}}

$C =$ coupon, $F =$ face value, $y =$ yield to maturity.

Coupon

$C = c F$ (annual) $, C = \frac{c F}{m}$ (if $m$ payments/yr)

$c =$ annual coupon rate, $F =$ face value; use per-period coupon in bond pricing.

Yield / price

If P > F \Rightarrow y < c, P < F \Rightarrow y > c

For plain-vanilla bonds.

Zero-coupon bond

P = \frac{F}{( 1 + y ) ^{n}}

No coupons.

Current yield

Current yield = \frac{C}{P}

Not same as YTM.

Watch out:Bond prices and yields move inversely.

04Stock Value

Dividend discount model (DDM): Stock value equals PV of expected dividends.

DDM

P_{0} = \sum_{t = 1}^{\infty} \frac{D _{t}}{( 1 + r ) ^{t}}

$r =$ required return on equity.

05WACC

Equity cost from CAPM

r_{E} = R_{f} + β_{E} (E (R_{M}) - R_{f})

Plug into WACC.

After-tax debt cost

r_{D} (1 - T_{c})

Interest tax shield lowers debt cost.

Capital components

Term	Use
$E$	market value of equity
$D$	market value of debt
$T_{c}$	corporate tax rate

Watch out:Use market values, not book values, in WACC.

06Capital Structure

Capital structure: Mix of debt and equity financing.
Trade-off idea: Debt tax shield vs financial distress costs.

Levered equity risk

β_{E} = β_{A} [1 + (1 - T_{c}) \frac{D}{E}]

If asset beta $β_{A}$ known; assumes debt beta≈0.

Value with tax shield

V_{L} = V_{U} + P V (tax shield)

Under basic MM with corporate taxes.

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Annuities

Ordinary annuity PV
Ordinary annuity FV
Annuity due
Perpetuity
Growing perpetuity

NPV / IRR

Net present value (NPV)
NPV
Internal rate of return (IRR)
IRR rule
NPV vs IRR

Stock Value

Gordon growth
Expected return
Two-stage idea

CAPM / Beta

Beta
CAPM
Market risk premium
Beta intuition

WACC

Weighted average cost of capital (WACC)
WACC

Capital Structure

Leverage effects

Payback / Ratios

Payback period
Payback
Discounted payback
Common ratios

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What does this Corporate Finance cheat sheet cover?: It has 9 sections: Time Value, Annuities, NPV / IRR, Bonds, Stock Value, CAPM / Beta, WACC, Capital Structure and Payback / Ratios. Together they cover the topics a typical Corporate Finance exam tests, including time value of money, annuities and perpetuities, NPV and IRR and bond valuation.
Is the finance formulas cheat sheet free?: The first part is free to read on this page, with no account needed. The full sheet opens in the app with Unlimited ($4.99 a month or $19 for a semester), where you can edit it, print it or save it as a PDF. It is one US Letter page and prints cleanly in black and white or colour.
Can I bring this Corporate Finance cheat sheet to my exam?: Only if your course allows a note sheet, so check the syllabus. This one is a single US Letter page. If your exam allows a different size, such as a 3x5 or 4x6 index card or one page front and back, Cheat Sheet AI makes one at exactly that size from your own lecture notes.
How accurate is it?: The sheet was written by our engine from a standard course outline, then a second model fact-checked every formula and statement against it; it corrected 4 statements before publishing. Notation and emphasis vary between courses, so check it against your own lecture notes.
Can I make a Corporate Finance sheet from my own notes?: Yes. Upload your lecture slides, notes or study guide and Cheat Sheet AI writes a sheet in your course's notation, sized to exactly the space your exam allows. Your first sheets are free.

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