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PART - III - Udyog Bandhu

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Equity Risk Premium = Beta * (Market Risk Premium)Market Risk Premium is equal to the difference of average market returnand risk free rate #Cost of EquityCost of debtEstimated CorporateTax RateComp’s Pre-Tax Costof Debt=Risk Free Rate + (Equity Risk Premium*Beta)Current corporate tax rate in IndiaCost of debt provided by the ManagementComp’s After-Tax Pre-Tax Cost of Debt*(1-Tax Rate) @Cost of DebtTarget Debt equityratioAverage debt equity ratio of the CompanyWACC (Debt/Total Capital)*(After-Tax Cost of Debt)+(Equity/TotalCapital)*(Cost of Equity)@This is the tax shield referred to earlier.# Higher the beta means more riskier the stock, beta = 1 means the stock of thecompany is in perfect synchronise with the sensex (average market return). Higher thanone means the stock is more volatile (and hence more risky) than the sensex and lowerthan one means the stock is less volatile (and hence less risky).To illustrate, for Company X, the computation of WACC typically could be as follows:Figure4: WACC calculation for Company XCost of EquityAssumptionsRisk Free Rate 9.00% 10-year Treasury GoI Bond YieldBeta 1.50 Unlevered beta of industry comparables, levered to Company Xdebt equity ratio (high risk stock!)Equity Risk Premium 9.00% Total Stock Returns less Treasury Bond Total Returns. MarketRisk Premium is equal to the difference of average marketreturn and risk free rate. Average market return has beenassumed to be 18% and beta has been assumed to be 1.5.Cost of Equity 22.50% = Risk Free Rate + (Equity Risk Premium*Beta)Cost of DebtEstimated Corporate TaxRateComp’s Pre-Tax Cost ofDebtComp’s After-Tax Costof Debt35.70% Current corporate tax rate in India16.50% Cost of debt provided by the Management10.61% Pre-Tax Cost of Debt*(1-Tax Rate)Target Debt equity ratio 1.00 Average debt equity ratio of Company X for past five yearsWACC 16.55% (Debt/Total Capital)*(After-Tax Cost of Debt)+(Equity/TotalCapital)*(Cost of Equity)141

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