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Is the LTV:CAC healthy

Digital & Marketing Analytics · Unit Economics · easy · Company-context scenario · 5 min

A SaaS product has customer lifetime value (LTV) of $900 and customer acquisition cost (CAC) of $300. What is the LTV:CAC ratio, and is it in the range usually considered healthy? Enter the ratio as a number (LTV divided by CAC).

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Company-context scenario built from real product constraints. It is not represented as a verbatim interview question.

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x CAC

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