Valutico
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC): WACC is the average rate of return a company is expected to provide to all its investors, including equity and debt holders. It is calculated by weighting the cost of equity and cost of debt based on their proportions in the capital structure.
Andrew Stolz
MARCH 20, 2020
The formula implies the return an investor expects from a risk-free investment plus the return from the stock in relation to market volatility. The market risk premium is calculated from a market rate of return less a risk-free rate. It tends to add debt beyond the optimal capital structure.
Valutico
OCTOBER 20, 2022
Rf = Risk-free Rate. B = Beta. (Rm Rm – Rf) = Equity Market Risk Premium. DCF WACC—similar to the above except that it calculates a different WACC in each forecast period based on a changing capital structure (D/E) and thus a changing beta in each period. Risk free rate (can use 10y Treasury).
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