IGV.L WACC - Weighted Average Cost of Capital
The WACC of Income and Growth VCT PLC (IGV.L) is 7.4%.
| Range | Selected | |
| Cost of equity | 9.4% - 12.0% | 10.7% |
| Tax rate | 19.0% - 19.0% | 19% |
| Cost of debt | 5.0% - 5.0% | 5% |
| WACC | 6.7% - 8.0% | 7.4% |
| Category | Low | High |
| Long-term bond rate | 4.0% | 4.5% |
| Equity market risk premium | 6.0% | 7.0% |
| Adjusted beta | 0.91 | 1 |
| Additional risk adjustments | 0.0% | 0.5% |
| Cost of equity | 9.4% | 12.0% |
| Tax rate | 19.0% | 19.0% |
| Debt/Equity ratio | 1 | 1 |
| Cost of debt | 5.0% | 5.0% |
| After-tax WACC | 6.7% | 8.0% |
| Selected WACC | 7.4% | |
| Debt/Equity | Unlevered | |||
| Peers | Company Name | ratio | Beta | beta |
| IGV.L | Income and Growth VCT PLC | 0.88 | 0.21 | 0.13 |
| AIF.L | Acorn Income Fund Ltd | 0.35 | 1.18 | 0.92 |
| AJIT.L | Aberdeen Japan Investment Trust PLC | 0.13 | 0.54 | 0.49 |
| ARTL.L | Alpha Real Trust Ltd | 0.07 | 0.53 | 0.5 |
| BERI.L | Blackrock Energy and Resources Income Trust PLC | 0.2 | 1.37 | 1.18 |
| EJFI.L | EJF Investments Ltd | 0.23 | 0.05 | 0.04 |
| GPM.L | Golden Prospect Precious Metals Ltd | 0.07 | 0.8 | 0.75 |
| MPLF.L | Marble Point Loan Financing Ltd | 0.39 | -0.16 | -0.12 |
| RMDL.L | RM Secured Direct Lending PLC | 0.2 | 0.51 | 0.44 |
| Low | High | |
| Unlevered beta | 0.45 | 0.5 |
| Relevered beta | 0.87 | 1 |
| Adjusted relevered beta | 0.91 | 1 |
IGV.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 IGV.L:
cost_of_equity (10.70%) = risk_free_rate (4.25%) + equity_risk_premium (6.50%) * adjusted_beta (0.91) + 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.