973.HK WACC - Weighted Average Cost of Capital

The WACC of L'Occitane International SA (973.HK) is 7.9%.

The Cost of Equity of L'Occitane International SA (973.HK) is 8.70%.

The Cost of Debt of L'Occitane International SA (973.HK) is 4.25%.

	Range	Selected
Cost of equity	7.50% - 9.90%	8.70%
Tax rate	25.50% - 30.60%	28.05%
Cost of debt	4.00% - 4.50%	4.25%
WACC	6.9% - 9.0%	7.9%

WACC

973.HK WACC calculation

Category	Low	High

Long-term bond rate	2.9%	3.4%
Equity market risk premium	6.0%	7.0%
Adjusted beta	0.77	0.86

Additional risk adjustments	0.0%	0.5%
Cost of equity	7.50%	9.90%

Tax rate	25.50%	30.60%
Debt/Equity ratio	0.16	0.16
Cost of debt	4.00%	4.50%

After-tax WACC	6.9%	9.0%


Selected WACC	7.9%

973.HK's CAPM model and how its cost of Equity is calculated

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 973.HK:

cost_of_equity (8.70%) = risk_free_rate (3.15%) + equity_risk_premium (6.50%) * adjusted_beta (0.77) + 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.