SOUTHBANK.NS WACC - Weighted Average Cost of Capital

The WACC of South Indian Bank Ltd (SOUTHBANK.NS) is 13.0%.

The Cost of Equity of South Indian Bank Ltd (SOUTHBANK.NS) is 18.35%.

The Cost of Debt of South Indian Bank Ltd (SOUTHBANK.NS) is 5.00%.

	Range	Selected
Cost of equity	16.50% - 20.20%	18.35%
Tax rate	29.40% - 30.00%	29.70%
Cost of debt	5.00% - 5.00%	5.00%
WACC	11.9% - 14.2%	13.0%

WACC

SOUTHBANK.NS WACC calculation

Category	Low	High

Long-term bond rate	6.9%	7.4%
Equity market risk premium	8.3%	9.3%
Adjusted beta	1.16	1.33

Additional risk adjustments	0.0%	0.5%
Cost of equity	16.50%	20.20%

Tax rate	29.40%	30.00%
Debt/Equity ratio	0.56	0.56
Cost of debt	5.00%	5.00%

After-tax WACC	11.9%	14.2%


Selected WACC	13.0%

SOUTHBANK.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 SOUTHBANK.NS:

cost_of_equity (18.35%) = risk_free_rate (7.15%) + equity_risk_premium (8.80%) * adjusted_beta (1.16) + 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.