Finance Metrics Quickref

This is the cheat sheet you pull up mid-meeting when someone asks "what's our NRR benchmark again?" or you need to double-check the Rule of 40 formula. It covers 30+ SaaS finance metrics in a single reference table with formulas, benchmarks, and red flags for each. No teaching, no examples, just fast lookups. The table includes everything from basic revenue metrics (ARPU, ARR, churn) to unit economics (CAC, LTV, payback) to efficiency ratios (Magic Number, Quick Ratio). It also has quick decision frameworks like "should we build this feature?" that combine multiple metrics. Best for when you already know these concepts but need a quick sanity check or reminder during analysis.

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last updated: Aug 21, 2026

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Install

$ npx -y skills add deanpeters/product-manager-skills --skill finance-metrics-quickref --agent claude-code

Installs into .claude/skills of the current project.

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Purpose

Quick reference for any SaaS finance metric without deep teaching. Use this when you need a fast formula lookup, benchmark check, or decision framework reminder. For detailed explanations, calculations, and examples, see the related deep-dive skills.

This is not a teaching tool—it's a cheat sheet optimized for speed. Scan, find, apply.

Input

Works best with: The metric you need — name it and get the formula, benchmark, and decision context. Also useful: Your numbers, if you want the formula applied on the spot.

Anything supplied with the invocation itself — text after the skill name, a pasted context dump, or an appended ARGUMENTS: line — counts as answers already given. Use it and skip whatever it covers; don't re-ask.

Arriving empty-handed? That works too. Ask for the metric family you're working in (revenue, retention, efficiency, capital) and scan from there.

Example invocation: Quick ref: burn multiple — formula, benchmark, and whether 1.7 is bad for Series B.