GM
General Motors Co
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GM WACC - Weighted Average Cost of Capital

The WACC of General Motors Co (GM) is 6.2%.

The Cost of Equity of General Motors Co (GM) is 8.90%.
The Cost of Debt of General Motors Co (GM) is 6.60%.

Range Selected
Cost of equity 6.90% - 10.90% 8.90%
Tax rate 19.60% - 21.80% 20.70%
Cost of debt 4.10% - 9.10% 6.60%
WACC 4.3% - 8.2% 6.2%
WACC

GM WACC calculation

Category Low High
Long-term bond rate 3.9% 4.4%
Equity market risk premium 4.6% 5.6%
Adjusted beta 0.66 1.07
Additional risk adjustments 0.0% 0.5%
Cost of equity 6.90% 10.90%
Tax rate 19.60% 21.80%
Debt/Equity ratio 2.57 2.57
Cost of debt 4.10% 9.10%
After-tax WACC 4.3% 8.2%
Selected WACC 6.2%

GM'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 GM:

cost_of_equity (8.90%) = risk_free_rate (4.15%) + equity_risk_premium (5.10%) * adjusted_beta (0.66) + 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.