The WACC of Central Japan Railway Co (9022.T) is 4.6%.
Range | Selected | |
Cost of equity | 5.1% - 8.4% | 6.75% |
Tax rate | 26.8% - 27.7% | 27.25% |
Cost of debt | 4.0% - 4.5% | 4.25% |
WACC | 3.8% - 5.4% | 4.6% |
Category | Low | High |
Long-term bond rate | 1.4% | 1.9% |
Equity market risk premium | 6.1% | 7.1% |
Adjusted beta | 0.6 | 0.84 |
Additional risk adjustments | 0.0% | 0.5% |
Cost of equity | 5.1% | 8.4% |
Tax rate | 26.8% | 27.7% |
Debt/Equity ratio | 1.41 | 1.41 |
Cost of debt | 4.0% | 4.5% |
After-tax WACC | 3.8% | 5.4% |
Selected WACC | 4.6% | |
Debt/Equity | Unlevered | |||
Peers | Company Name | ratio | Beta | beta |
9022.T | Central Japan Railway Co | 1.41 | 0.41 | 0.21 |
601816.SS | Beijing-Shanghai High Speed Railway Co Ltd | 0.19 | 0.6 | 0.52 |
9005.T | Tokyu Corp | 1.24 | 0.19 | 0.1 |
9009.T | Keisei Electric Railway Co Ltd | 0.5 | 0.79 | 0.58 |
9020.T | East Japan Railway Co | 1.38 | 0.18 | 0.09 |
9021.T | West Japan Railway Co | 1.01 | 0.48 | 0.28 |
9041.T | Kintetsu Group Holdings Co Ltd | 2.51 | 0.54 | 0.19 |
9042.T | Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Inc | 1.35 | 0.29 | 0.15 |
9062.T | Nippon Express Co Ltd | 0.73 | 1.21 | 0.79 |
9065.T | Sankyu Inc | 0.19 | 0.73 | 0.64 |
Low | High | |
Unlevered beta | 0.2 | 0.38 |
Relevered beta | 0.4 | 0.76 |
Adjusted relevered beta | 0.6 | 0.84 |
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 9022.T:
cost_of_equity (6.75%) = risk_free_rate (1.65%) + equity_risk_premium (6.60%) * adjusted_beta (0.6) + 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.