PHM WACC - Weighted Average Cost of Capital
The WACC of Pultegroup Inc (PHM) is 7.8%.
| Range | Selected | |
| Cost of equity | 7.0% - 9.6% | 8.3% |
| Tax rate | 22.8% - 23.4% | 23.1% |
| Cost of debt | 4.0% - 4.5% | 4.25% |
| WACC | 6.6% - 9.0% | 7.8% |
| Category | Low | High |
| Long-term bond rate | 3.9% | 4.4% |
| Equity market risk premium | 4.6% | 5.6% |
| Adjusted beta | 0.68 | 0.85 |
| Additional risk adjustments | 0.0% | 0.5% |
| Cost of equity | 7.0% | 9.6% |
| Tax rate | 22.8% | 23.4% |
| Debt/Equity ratio | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Cost of debt | 4.0% | 4.5% |
| After-tax WACC | 6.6% | 9.0% |
| Selected WACC | 7.8% | |
| Debt/Equity | Unlevered | |||
| Peers | Company Name | ratio | Beta | beta |
| PHM | Pultegroup Inc | 0.1 | 0.45 | 0.42 |
| BLD | TopBuild Corp | 0.16 | 0.81 | 0.72 |
| DFH | Dream Finders Homes Inc | 0.6 | 1.13 | 0.77 |
| KBH | KB Home | 0.44 | 0.46 | 0.34 |
| MDC | MDC Holdings Inc | 0.36 | 2 | 1.57 |
| MTH | Meritage Homes Corp | 0.27 | 0.53 | 0.43 |
| NVR | NVR Inc | 0.04 | 0.14 | 0.14 |
| TMHC | Taylor Morrison Home Corp | 0.36 | 0.65 | 0.51 |
| TOL | Toll Brothers Inc | 0.28 | 0.86 | 0.71 |
| BDEV.L | Barratt Developments P L C | 0.04 | 1.43 | 1.39 |
| Low | High | |
| Unlevered beta | 0.48 | 0.71 |
| Relevered beta | 0.52 | 0.78 |
| Adjusted relevered beta | 0.68 | 0.85 |
PHM'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 PHM:
cost_of_equity (8.30%) = risk_free_rate (4.15%) + equity_risk_premium (5.10%) * adjusted_beta (0.68) + 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.