BPCL.NS WACC - Weighted Average Cost of Capital

The WACC of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL.NS) is 13.3%.

The Cost of Equity of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL.NS) is 17.40%.

The Cost of Debt of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL.NS) is 6.30%.

	Range	Selected
Cost of equity	15.80% - 19.00%	17.40%
Tax rate	25.80% - 26.10%	25.95%
Cost of debt	5.10% - 7.50%	6.30%
WACC	12.0% - 14.7%	13.3%

WACC

BPCL.NS WACC calculation

Category	Low	High

Long-term bond rate	6.9%	7.4%
Equity market risk premium	8.3%	9.3%
Adjusted beta	1.08	1.19

Additional risk adjustments	0.0%	0.5%
Cost of equity	15.80%	19.00%

Tax rate	25.80%	26.10%
Debt/Equity ratio	0.47	0.47
Cost of debt	5.10%	7.50%

After-tax WACC	12.0%	14.7%


Selected WACC	13.3%

BPCL.NS'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 BPCL.NS:

cost_of_equity (17.40%) = risk_free_rate (7.15%) + equity_risk_premium (8.80%) * adjusted_beta (1.08) + 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.