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Global Cost of Capital. Chapter 11. Weighted average cost of capital (WACC). k e - cost of equity k d - cost of debt T c - corporate tax rate E - market value of equity D - market value of debt V - total market value of the firm’s securities. WACC effects.
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Global Cost of Capital Chapter 11 Chapter 11 - wacc
Weighted average cost of capital (WACC) • ke - cost of equity • kd - cost of debt • Tc - corporate tax rate • E - market value of equity • D - market value of debt • V - total market value of the firm’s securities Chapter 11 - wacc
WACC effects Capital budgeting Pro forma income statements are required for each period The NPV of the NCFs is inversely related to the value of the wacc Chapter 11 - wacc
WACC effects • If you can lower your wacc, more projects become profitable. k kwacc MRR capital budget Chapter 11 - wacc
Leverage effects • leverage effects determine an optimal level of leverage ke kwacc kd leverage Chapter 11 - wacc
Market efficiency • perfect information • standardized accounting practices • standardized reporting practices • no transactions costs • no regulatory costs • governments do not try to restrict capital markets • no monopolistic influences in the market place Chapter 11 - wacc
Cost of equity – FDI (efficient capital markets) • dividend capitalization model • capital asset pricing model Chapter 11 - wacc
Mature capital markets have bond rating agencies AAA, AA, A, BBB, BB, BB, C, D The ratings determine the cost of debt to the firm The type of debt instrument Mortgage bond, coupon bond, discount bond Cost of Debt – FDI (efficient capital markets) Chapter 11 - wacc
Inefficient markets • imperfect information (information barriers) • high transactions costs • exchange rate exposure • regulatory costs • capital restrictions • exchange restrictions • political risk • no competition to exchange Chapter 11 - wacc
Cost of equity – FDI(inefficient capital markets) • If there are no reliable measures of risk in an economy we must make an informed guess by applying a Risk Premium to the domestic return on equity Chapter 11 - wacc
Cost of debt - FDI (inefficient capital markets) • Normal debt markets immature • Governments may offer incentives • Lower interest rates, tax relief, • Supra-national agencies may offer incentives to invest • UN, IMF, etc. Chapter 11 - wacc
Relative market efficiency 0% 100% W. European, Asian Russian S. American, E. European N. American Chapter 11 - wacc
Segment capital markets • Capital markets are internal to the economy • Borrowers and lenders are confined to the geographic confines of the country • European union prior to the euro • Finnish firms could finance only from Finnish sources • Argentine firms could finance only from Argentinian sources Chapter 11 - wacc
Integrated (consolidated) capital markets • Euro zone • With currency unification, capital markets within the euro zone are integrating • Lenders and borrowers have much better opportunities • The market becomes thicker so the prices of borrowing are more efficient • Canada/US is an integrating market Chapter 11 - wacc