AMAT
Applied Materials Inc
Price:  
179.99 
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Volume:  
8,391,669.00
United States | Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment
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AMAT WACC - Weighted Average Cost of Capital

The WACC of Applied Materials Inc (AMAT) is 9.7%.

The Cost of Equity of Applied Materials Inc (AMAT) is 9.95%.
The Cost of Debt of Applied Materials Inc (AMAT) is 4.25%.

Range Selected
Cost of equity 8.30% - 11.60% 9.95%
Tax rate 12.60% - 13.10% 12.85%
Cost of debt 4.00% - 4.50% 4.25%
WACC 8.1% - 11.3% 9.7%
WACC

AMAT WACC calculation

Category Low High
Long-term bond rate 3.9% 4.4%
Equity market risk premium 4.6% 5.6%
Adjusted beta 0.96 1.2
Additional risk adjustments 0.0% 0.5%
Cost of equity 8.30% 11.60%
Tax rate 12.60% 13.10%
Debt/Equity ratio 0.04 0.04
Cost of debt 4.00% 4.50%
After-tax WACC 8.1% 11.3%
Selected WACC 9.7%

AMAT'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 AMAT:

cost_of_equity (9.95%) = risk_free_rate (4.15%) + equity_risk_premium (5.10%) * adjusted_beta (0.96) + 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.