The WACC of National Beverage Corp (FIZZ) is 5.6%.
Range | Selected | |
Cost of equity | 6.7% - 9.0% | 7.85% |
Tax rate | 23.5% - 23.7% | 23.6% |
Cost of debt | 4.5% - 4.5% | 4.5% |
WACC | 5.1% - 6.2% | 5.6% |
Category | Low | High |
Long-term bond rate | 3.9% | 4.4% |
Equity market risk premium | 4.6% | 5.6% |
Adjusted beta | 0.62 | 0.74 |
Additional risk adjustments | 0.0% | 0.5% |
Cost of equity | 6.7% | 9.0% |
Tax rate | 23.5% | 23.7% |
Debt/Equity ratio | 1 | 1 |
Cost of debt | 4.5% | 4.5% |
After-tax WACC | 5.1% | 6.2% |
Selected WACC | 5.6% | |
Debt/Equity | Unlevered | |||
Peers | Company Name | ratio | Beta | beta |
FIZZ | National Beverage Corp | 0.95 | 0.08 | 0.05 |
CELH | Celsius Holdings Inc | 0 | 0.34 | 0.34 |
FMBV | Full Motion Beverage Inc | 6.43 | 2.1 | 0.36 |
GHMP | Good Hemp Inc | 0.7 | 0.38 | 0.25 |
JSDA | Jones Soda Co | 0.01 | 1.23 | 1.22 |
MLHC | M Line Holdings Inc | 3102.72 | 0 | 0 |
MOJO | MOJO Organics Inc | 0.01 | 0.49 | 0.49 |
NBEV | Newage Inc | 2.3 | 1.41 | 0.51 |
PRMW.TO | Primo Water Corp (MISSISSAUGA) | 0.3 | -0.25 | -0.2 |
REED | Reed's Inc | 0.51 | 0.33 | 0.24 |
TNY.CN | Tinley Beverage Company Inc | 0.37 | -0.54 | -0.42 |
Low | High | |
Unlevered beta | 0.24 | 0.34 |
Relevered beta | 0.43 | 0.61 |
Adjusted relevered beta | 0.62 | 0.74 |
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 FIZZ:
cost_of_equity (7.85%) = risk_free_rate (4.15%) + equity_risk_premium (5.10%) * adjusted_beta (0.62) + 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.