The WACC of Bank of Suzhou Co Ltd (002966.SZ) is 5.1%.
Range | Selected | |
Cost of equity | 7.2% - 9.4% | 8.3% |
Tax rate | 16.3% - 16.8% | 16.55% |
Cost of debt | 5.0% - 5.0% | 5% |
WACC | 4.9% - 5.4% | 5.1% |
Category | Low | High |
Long-term bond rate | 2.7% | 3.2% |
Equity market risk premium | 6.1% | 7.1% |
Adjusted beta | 0.74 | 0.81 |
Additional risk adjustments | 0.0% | 0.5% |
Cost of equity | 7.2% | 9.4% |
Tax rate | 16.3% | 16.8% |
Debt/Equity ratio | 3.25 | 3.25 |
Cost of debt | 5.0% | 5.0% |
After-tax WACC | 4.9% | 5.4% |
Selected WACC | 5.1% | |
Debt/Equity | Unlevered | |||
Peers | Company Name | ratio | Beta | beta |
002966.SZ | Bank of Suzhou Co Ltd | 3.25 | 0.69 | 0.19 |
002958.SZ | Qingdao Rural Commercial Bank Corp | 5.73 | 1.09 | 0.19 |
1963.HK | Bank of Chongqing Co Ltd | 2.27 | 0.85 | 0.29 |
2139.HK | Bank of Gansu Co Ltd | 11.05 | 1.17 | 0.11 |
600908.SS | Wuxi Rural Commercial Bank Co Ltd | 0.94 | 1.02 | 0.57 |
600928.SS | Bank of Xi'An Co Ltd | 5.83 | 1.15 | 0.2 |
601128.SS | Jiangsu Changshu Rural Commercial Bank Co Ltd | 1.59 | 0.74 | 0.32 |
601187.SS | Xiamen Bank Co Ltd | 6.74 | 0.89 | 0.13 |
6190.HK | Bank of Jiujiang Co Ltd | 7.31 | -0.09 | -0.01 |
9677.HK | Weihai City Commercial Bank Co Ltd | 4.53 | 0.01 | 0 |
Low | High | |
Unlevered beta | 0.17 | 0.19 |
Relevered beta | 0.61 | 0.72 |
Adjusted relevered beta | 0.74 | 0.81 |
The Cost of Equity reflects the return a company needs to deliver to shareholders to justify the risk of investing in its shares. It’s computed using the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM), which blends the risk-free rate, the stock’s beta, and the market risk premium.
This method evaluates the stock’s risk compared to a safe investment and the market’s overall volatility.
Here’s how we figure out the cost of equity for 002966.SZ:
cost_of_equity (8.30%) = risk_free_rate (2.95%) + equity_risk_premium (6.60%) * adjusted_beta (0.74) + risk_adjustments (0.25%)
We include the risk adjustments, which range from 0% to 1%, to keep our WACC conservatives, especially for companies traded in developing markets.