ELST WACC - Weighted Average Cost of Capital
The WACC of Electronic Systems Technology Inc (ELST) is 4.8%.
| Range | Selected | |
| Cost of equity | 5.2% - 6.8% | 6% |
| Tax rate | 26.2% - 27.0% | 26.6% |
| Cost of debt | 5.0% - 5.0% | 5% |
| WACC | 4.4% - 5.2% | 4.8% |
| Category | Low | High |
| Long-term bond rate | 3.9% | 4.4% |
| Equity market risk premium | 4.6% | 5.6% |
| Adjusted beta | 0.28 | 0.35 |
| Additional risk adjustments | 0.0% | 0.5% |
| Cost of equity | 5.2% | 6.8% |
| Tax rate | 26.2% | 27.0% |
| Debt/Equity ratio | 1 | 1 |
| Cost of debt | 5.0% | 5.0% |
| After-tax WACC | 4.4% | 5.2% |
| Selected WACC | 4.8% | |
| Debt/Equity | Unlevered | |||
| Peers | Company Name | ratio | Beta | beta |
| ELST | Electronic Systems Technology Inc | 0.87 | 1.13 | 0.69 |
| ATVK | Ameritek Ventures | 2.77 | -0.3 | -0.1 |
| BDR | Blonder Tongue Laboratories Inc | 0.99 | 0.65 | 0.37 |
| INVT | Inventergy Global Inc | 42.47 | 1.23 | 0.04 |
| LTE.V | Lite Access Technologies Inc | 0.08 | -0.1 | -0.09 |
| PRKR | ParkerVision Inc | 0.96 | 0.63 | 0.37 |
| VTI.V | Valdor Technology International Inc | 0.08 | -0.14 | -0.14 |
| WGNR | Wegener Corp | 15.35 | -0.06 | 0 |
| YFI.V | Edgewater Wireless Systems Inc | 0.02 | -0.16 | -0.16 |
| Low | High | |
| Unlevered beta | -0.07 | 0.03 |
| Relevered beta | -0.07 | 0.03 |
| Adjusted relevered beta | 0.28 | 0.35 |
ELST'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 ELST:
cost_of_equity (6.00%) = risk_free_rate (4.15%) + equity_risk_premium (5.10%) * adjusted_beta (0.28) + 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.