The WACC of Forward Pharma A/S (FWP) is 7.8%.
Range | Selected | |
Cost of equity | 9.1% - 12.3% | 10.7% |
Tax rate | 1.8% - 6.3% | 4.05% |
Cost of debt | 5.0% - 5.0% | 5% |
WACC | 7.0% - 8.5% | 7.8% |
Category | Low | High |
Long-term bond rate | 4.2% | 4.7% |
Equity market risk premium | 5.0% | 6.0% |
Adjusted beta | 0.99 | 1.19 |
Additional risk adjustments | 0.0% | 0.5% |
Cost of equity | 9.1% | 12.3% |
Tax rate | 1.8% | 6.3% |
Debt/Equity ratio | 1 | 1 |
Cost of debt | 5.0% | 5.0% |
After-tax WACC | 7.0% | 8.5% |
Selected WACC | 7.8% | |
Debt/Equity | Unlevered | |||
Peers | Company Name | ratio | Beta | beta |
FWP | Forward Pharma A/S | 1.2 | 1.4 | 0.65 |
BIOC | Biocept Inc | 2.11 | 1.23 | 0.4 |
LBL.V | Lattice Biologics Ltd | 0.78 | 1.05 | 0.6 |
MYMX | Mymetics Corp | 1782640 | 0.57 | 0 |
OGEN | Oragenics Inc | 0.08 | 2.2 | 2.04 |
PKPH | Peak Pharmaceuticals Inc | 0.39 | 0.94 | 0.68 |
RCHA | Rich Pharmaceuticals Inc | 3.06 | 1.5 | 0.38 |
SBM.V | Sirona Biochem Corp | 0.14 | 1.61 | 1.42 |
SNGX | Soligenix Inc | 0.23 | 1.48 | 1.2 |
YECO | Yulong Eco-Materials Ltd | 16.63 | -0.34 | -0.02 |
ALLR.ST | Allarity Therapeutics A/S | 0.03 | 1.07 | 1.05 |
Low | High | |
Unlevered beta | 0.6 | 0.68 |
Relevered beta | 0.99 | 1.28 |
Adjusted relevered beta | 0.99 | 1.19 |
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 FWP:
cost_of_equity (10.70%) = risk_free_rate (4.45%) + equity_risk_premium (5.50%) * adjusted_beta (0.99) + 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.