UPOIC.BK WACC - Weighted Average Cost of Capital

The WACC of United Palm Oil Industry PCL (UPOIC.BK) is 7.4%.

The Cost of Equity of United Palm Oil Industry PCL (UPOIC.BK) is 7.50%.

The Cost of Debt of United Palm Oil Industry PCL (UPOIC.BK) is 4.25%.

	Range	Selected
Cost of equity	6.10% - 8.90%	7.50%
Tax rate	16.50% - 18.20%	17.35%
Cost of debt	4.00% - 4.50%	4.25%
WACC	6.1% - 8.8%	7.4%

WACC

UPOIC.BK WACC calculation

Category	Low	High

Long-term bond rate	2.6%	3.1%
Equity market risk premium	7.4%	8.4%
Adjusted beta	0.48	0.63

Additional risk adjustments	0.0%	0.5%
Cost of equity	6.10%	8.90%

Tax rate	16.50%	18.20%
Debt/Equity ratio	0.02	0.02
Cost of debt	4.00%	4.50%

After-tax WACC	6.1%	8.8%


Selected WACC	7.4%

UPOIC.BK'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 UPOIC.BK:

cost_of_equity (7.50%) = risk_free_rate (2.85%) + equity_risk_premium (7.90%) * adjusted_beta (0.48) + 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.