The WACC of Schroder Asian Total Return Investment Company PLC (ATR.L) is 10.7%.
Range | Selected | |
Cost of equity | 9.8% - 12.4% | 11.1% |
Tax rate | 2.1% - 3.5% | 2.8% |
Cost of debt | 4.0% - 4.6% | 4.3% |
WACC | 9.5% - 11.9% | 10.7% |
Category | Low | High |
Long-term bond rate | 4.0% | 4.5% |
Equity market risk premium | 6.0% | 7.0% |
Adjusted beta | 0.98 | 1.06 |
Additional risk adjustments | 0.0% | 0.5% |
Cost of equity | 9.8% | 12.4% |
Tax rate | 2.1% | 3.5% |
Debt/Equity ratio | 0.06 | 0.06 |
Cost of debt | 4.0% | 4.6% |
After-tax WACC | 9.5% | 11.9% |
Selected WACC | 10.7% | |
Debt/Equity | Unlevered | |||
Peers | Company Name | ratio | Beta | beta |
ATR.L | Schroder Asian Total Return Investment Company PLC | 0.06 | 0.61 | 0.58 |
AAIF.L | Aberdeen Asian Income Fund Ltd | 0.11 | 0.92 | 0.83 |
BRGE.L | Blackrock Greater Europe Investment Trust PLC | 0.09 | 1.12 | 1.03 |
EAT.L | European Assets Trust PLC | 0.09 | 1.27 | 1.16 |
ICGT.L | ICG Enterprise Trust PLC | 0.17 | 1.12 | 0.97 |
JAGI.L | Jpmorgan Asia Growth & Income PLC | 0 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
JGGI.L | Jpmorgan Global Growth & Income PLC | 0.05 | 0.83 | 0.8 |
NAIT.L | North American Income Trust PLC | 0.11 | 1.13 | 1.03 |
THRG.L | BlackRock Throgmorton Trust plc | 0 | 1.41 | 1.4 |
TRG.L | TR European Growth Trust PLC | 0.12 | 1.58 | 1.41 |
Low | High | |
Unlevered beta | 0.91 | 1.03 |
Relevered beta | 0.97 | 1.09 |
Adjusted relevered beta | 0.98 | 1.06 |
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 ATR.L:
cost_of_equity (11.10%) = risk_free_rate (4.25%) + equity_risk_premium (6.50%) * adjusted_beta (0.98) + 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.