The WACC of Northern Venture Trust PLC (NVT.L) is 7.4%.
Range | Selected | |
Cost of equity | 9.5% - 12.1% | 10.8% |
Tax rate | 19.0% - 19.0% | 19% |
Cost of debt | 5.0% - 5.0% | 5% |
WACC | 6.8% - 8.1% | 7.4% |
Category | Low | High |
Long-term bond rate | 4.0% | 4.5% |
Equity market risk premium | 6.0% | 7.0% |
Adjusted beta | 0.92 | 1.01 |
Additional risk adjustments | 0.0% | 0.5% |
Cost of equity | 9.5% | 12.1% |
Tax rate | 19.0% | 19.0% |
Debt/Equity ratio | 1 | 1 |
Cost of debt | 5.0% | 5.0% |
After-tax WACC | 6.8% | 8.1% |
Selected WACC | 7.4% | |
Debt/Equity | Unlevered | |||
Peers | Company Name | ratio | Beta | beta |
NVT.L | Northern Venture Trust PLC | 0.83 | 0.23 | 0.14 |
AIF.L | Acorn Income Fund Ltd | 0.35 | 1.18 | 0.92 |
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 |
AJOT.L | AVI Japan Opportunity Trust PLC | 0.07 | 0.5 | 0.47 |
ARTL.L | Alpha Real Trust Ltd | 0.07 | 0.53 | 0.5 |
BERI.L | Blackrock Energy and Resources Income Trust PLC | 0.21 | 1.37 | 1.18 |
BRLA.L | Blackrock Latin American Investment Trust PLC | 0.02 | 1.35 | 1.33 |
EJFI.L | EJF Investments Ltd | 0.26 | 0.05 | 0.04 |
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 | 0.47 | 0.5 |
Relevered beta | 0.88 | 1.01 |
Adjusted relevered beta | 0.92 | 1.01 |
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 NVT.L:
cost_of_equity (10.80%) = risk_free_rate (4.25%) + equity_risk_premium (6.50%) * adjusted_beta (0.92) + 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.