The WACC of Maven Income and Growth VCT 4 PLC (MAV4.L) is 7.5%.
Range | Selected | |
Cost of equity | 9.6% - 12.3% | 10.95% |
Tax rate | 19.0% - 19.0% | 19% |
Cost of debt | 5.0% - 5.0% | 5% |
WACC | 6.8% - 8.2% | 7.5% |
Category | Low | High |
Long-term bond rate | 4.0% | 4.5% |
Equity market risk premium | 6.0% | 7.0% |
Adjusted beta | 0.93 | 1.05 |
Additional risk adjustments | 0.0% | 0.5% |
Cost of equity | 9.6% | 12.3% |
Tax rate | 19.0% | 19.0% |
Debt/Equity ratio | 1 | 1 |
Cost of debt | 5.0% | 5.0% |
After-tax WACC | 6.8% | 8.2% |
Selected WACC | 7.5% | |
Debt/Equity | Unlevered | |||
Peers | Company Name | ratio | Beta | beta |
MAV4.L | Maven Income and Growth VCT 4 PLC | 0.9 | 0.18 | 0.1 |
AJG.L | Atlantis Japan Growth Fund Ltd | 0.04 | 0.67 | 0.65 |
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 |
ASCI.L | Aberdeen Smaller Companies Income Trust PLC | 0.13 | 1.37 | 1.24 |
DUKE.L | Duke Royalty Ltd | 0.5 | 0.55 | 0.39 |
JGC.L | Jupiter Green Investment Trust PLC | 0.06 | 0.9 | 0.86 |
MPLF.L | Marble Point Loan Financing Ltd | 0.39 | -0.16 | -0.12 |
Low | High | |
Unlevered beta | 0.47 | 0.53 |
Relevered beta | 0.9 | 1.07 |
Adjusted relevered beta | 0.93 | 1.05 |
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 MAV4.L:
cost_of_equity (10.95%) = risk_free_rate (4.25%) + equity_risk_premium (6.50%) * adjusted_beta (0.93) + 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.