Using WACC (Cost of Capital) Calculator

WACC (Cost of Capital) Calculator computes:

The cost of capital represents an investor's required rate of return on an investment and should be a company's minimum acceptable rate of return for anticipated investments. It should be a company's objective to earn rates of return above its cost of capital to maximize its shareholder's investment.

Note:

For all numeric values, use integers with decimal places. For example, enter 5.57% as 5.57, not .0557.

  To use WACC Calculator:

  1. Select Analysis, then Tools/Calculators, then WACC.

  2. In Risk Free Rate, enter a rate.

  3. In Equity Beta, enter a value.

  4. In Market Risk Premium, enter a value.

  5. In Cost of Debt (%) enter the pre-tax percentage.

  6. In Marginal Tax Rate (%), enter a percentage.

  7. In Cost of Preferred, enter a value.

    Use zero if the company you are analyzing does not have preferred stock.

  8. Select an Enter Leverage As A Function Of option:

    • Select Equity to base leverage ratio on debt to equity.

    • Select Total Capital to base leverage ratio on debt to total capital.

  9. In Debt To... Ratio, enter a value to base leverage ratio on Equity or Total Capital.

  10. In Preferred to... Ratio, enter a value to base the leverage ratio on Equity or Total Capital.

  11. Results displays the values of:

    • Cost of Equity

    • After-tax Cost of Debt

    • Weighted average Cost of Capital