RELIGARE.NS WACC - Weighted Average Cost of Capital

The WACC of Religare Enterprises Ltd (RELIGARE.NS) is 14.9%.

The Cost of Equity of Religare Enterprises Ltd (RELIGARE.NS) is 15.50%.

The Cost of Debt of Religare Enterprises Ltd (RELIGARE.NS) is 6.55%.

	Range	Selected
Cost of equity	14.00% - 17.00%	15.50%
Tax rate	15.00% - 23.30%	19.15%
Cost of debt	4.00% - 9.10%	6.55%
WACC	13.4% - 16.4%	14.9%

WACC

RELIGARE.NS WACC calculation

Category	Low	High

Long-term bond rate	6.9%	7.4%
Equity market risk premium	8.3%	9.3%
Adjusted beta	0.86	0.98

Additional risk adjustments	0.0%	0.5%
Cost of equity	14.00%	17.00%

Tax rate	15.00%	23.30%
Debt/Equity ratio	0.06	0.06
Cost of debt	4.00%	9.10%

After-tax WACC	13.4%	16.4%


Selected WACC	14.9%

RELIGARE.NS'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 RELIGARE.NS:

cost_of_equity (15.50%) = risk_free_rate (7.15%) + equity_risk_premium (8.80%) * adjusted_beta (0.86) + 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.