The WACC of Millennial Lithium Corp (ML.V) is 8.7%.
Range | Selected | |
Cost of equity | 11.4% - 16.3% | 13.85% |
Tax rate | 27.0% - 27.0% | 27% |
Cost of debt | 5.0% - 5.0% | 5% |
WACC | 7.5% - 10.0% | 8.7% |
Category | Low | High |
Long-term bond rate | 3.2% | 3.7% |
Equity market risk premium | 4.7% | 5.7% |
Adjusted beta | 1.73 | 2.11 |
Additional risk adjustments | 0.0% | 0.5% |
Cost of equity | 11.4% | 16.3% |
Tax rate | 27.0% | 27.0% |
Debt/Equity ratio | 1 | 1 |
Cost of debt | 5.0% | 5.0% |
After-tax WACC | 7.5% | 10.0% |
Selected WACC | 8.7% | |
Debt/Equity | Unlevered | |||
Peers | Company Name | ratio | Beta | beta |
ML.V | Millennial Lithium Corp | 0 | 2.57 | 2.57 |
AII.TO | Almonty Industries Inc | 0.23 | 1.94 | 1.67 |
CRE.V | Critical Elements Lithium Corp | 0 | 1.38 | 1.37 |
EMN.V | Euro Manganese Inc | 0.02 | -3.84 | -3.78 |
FCC.V | First Cobalt Corp | 0.04 | 1.82 | 1.76 |
FIL.V | Filo Mining Corp | 0 | 1.94 | 1.94 |
MAI.V | Minera Alamos Inc | 0.03 | 1.1 | 1.08 |
NEXT.TO | NextSource Materials Inc | 0.73 | 0.39 | 0.25 |
PRYM.V | Prime Mining Corp | 0 | 1.17 | 1.17 |
SFR.V | Sandfire Resources America Inc | 0.13 | 1.58 | 1.44 |
ZEN.V | ZEN Graphene Solutions Ltd | 0.01 | 1.99 | 1.98 |
Low | High | |
Unlevered beta | 1.37 | 1.67 |
Relevered beta | 2.09 | 2.66 |
Adjusted relevered beta | 1.73 | 2.11 |
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 ML.V:
cost_of_equity (13.85%) = risk_free_rate (3.45%) + equity_risk_premium (5.20%) * adjusted_beta (1.73) + 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.