ABC Company - Calculate cost of equity
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Updated on: 12/06/2021 04:45 AM Due on: 12/06/2021

ABC Company.
- Calculate cost of equity
- Calculate WACC
- ABC's stocks are not currently listed on a stock exchange. Suppose ABC issues all its stocks in an IPO. After the IPO the company has 3.5 million shares, worth $2.5 each. What is the WACC after the IPO?
Sheet1
ABC Company WACC | |
E(rM) | 10% |
Cost of debt, rD | 8% |
Corporate tax rate, TC | 30% |
Cov(rAbby,rM) | 0.13 |
Debt, D | 1,500,000 |
Var(rM) | 0.11 |
Risk-free rate, rf | 3% |
Equity, E | 3,000,000 |
Section a. Finding the company cost of equity. | |
Equity beta, β | |
Cost of equity, rE | |
Section b. Finding the company WACC. | |
V=D+E | |
WACC | |
Section c. | |
After the IPO, the company's equity is the number of shares multiplied in the share's market value. | |
Therefore: | |
Equity (new), E | |
Finding the company WACC. | |
V=D+E | |
WACC |

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Solution: ABC Company - Calculate cost of equity