SMU.UN.TO WACC - Weighted Average Cost of Capital

The WACC of Summit Industrial Income REIT (SMU.UN.TO) is 6.0%.

The Cost of Equity of Summit Industrial Income REIT (SMU.UN.TO) is 6.85%.

The Cost of Debt of Summit Industrial Income REIT (SMU.UN.TO) is 4.50%.

	Range	Selected
Cost of equity	5.40% - 8.30%	6.85%
Tax rate	25.90% - 26.50%	26.20%
Cost of debt	4.40% - 4.60%	4.50%
WACC	4.9% - 7.2%	6.0%

WACC

SMU.UN.TO WACC calculation

Category	Low	High

Long-term bond rate	3.2%	3.7%
Equity market risk premium	5.1%	6.1%
Adjusted beta	0.44	0.68

Additional risk adjustments	0.0%	0.5%
Cost of equity	5.40%	8.30%

Tax rate	25.90%	26.50%
Debt/Equity ratio	0.3	0.3
Cost of debt	4.40%	4.60%

After-tax WACC	4.9%	7.2%


Selected WACC	6.0%

SMU.UN.TO'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 SMU.UN.TO:

cost_of_equity (6.85%) = risk_free_rate (3.45%) + equity_risk_premium (5.60%) * adjusted_beta (0.44) + 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.