Capital Structure Risk Premium Risk-free Rate Weighted Average Cost of Capital 
Valutico
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
Different types of discount rates such as risk-free rate, cost of equity, or cost of debt, are used contextually in financial analysis. The Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) method uses the discount rate to consider all future cash flows of a business when calculating its current value.
Andrew Stolz
MARCH 20, 2020
Weight average cost of capital (WACC) is a calculation of a firm’s cost of capital which includes all sources of capital such as common stocks, preferred stocks, and bonds. A firm uses a mix of equity and debt to minimize the cost of capital. Suitability and limitation.
Valutico
OCTOBER 20, 2022
FCF n is the free cash flow in year n, being the last forecast period. g is the terminal growth rate. d is the discount rate (which is usually the weighted average cost of capital (WACC), r in our previous example). Ce = Cost of Equity. Rf = Risk-free Rate. Cost of Debt.
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