ESP.L
Empiric Student Property PLC
Price:  
91.10 
GBP
Volume:  
2,681,397.00
United Kingdom | Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
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ESP.L WACC - Weighted Average Cost of Capital

The WACC of Empiric Student Property PLC (ESP.L) is 7.7%.

The Cost of Equity of Empiric Student Property PLC (ESP.L) is 9.50%.
The Cost of Debt of Empiric Student Property PLC (ESP.L) is 5.80%.

Range Selected
Cost of equity 8.40% - 10.60% 9.50%
Tax rate 19.00% - 19.00% 19.00%
Cost of debt 4.00% - 7.60% 5.80%
WACC 6.4% - 8.9% 7.7%
WACC

ESP.L WACC calculation

Category Low High
Long-term bond rate 4.0% 4.5%
Equity market risk premium 6.0% 7.0%
Adjusted beta 0.73 0.8
Additional risk adjustments 0.0% 0.5%
Cost of equity 8.40% 10.60%
Tax rate 19.00% 19.00%
Debt/Equity ratio 0.61 0.61
Cost of debt 4.00% 7.60%
After-tax WACC 6.4% 8.9%
Selected WACC 7.7%

ESP.L'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 ESP.L:

cost_of_equity (9.50%) = risk_free_rate (4.25%) + equity_risk_premium (6.50%) * adjusted_beta (0.73) + 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.