Weighted Average Cost Of Capital

PetroChina Company Limited (PTR)

$46.85

+2.66 (+6.01%)
Share price $ 46.85
Beta 0.787
Diluted Shares Outstanding 1,830.21
Cost of Debt
Tax Rate 41.74
After-tax Cost of Debt 2.45%
Risk-Free Rate
Market Risk Premium
Cost of Equity 7.460
Total Debt 470,298
Total Equity 85,745.34
Total Capital 556,043.34
Debt Weighting 84.58
Equity Weighting 15.42
Wacc

There are a number of methods that can be used to determine discount rates. A good approach – and the one we’ll use in this tutorial – is to use the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) – a blend of the cost of equity and after-tax cost of debt. A company has two primary sources of financing – debt and equity – and, in simple terms, WACC is the average cost of raising that money. WACC is calculated by multiplying the cost of each capital source (debt and equity) by its relevant weight and then adding the products together to determine the WACC value.