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When do you use cost of equity (KE) and weighted average cost of capital (WACC) in valuation of a company?

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Question added by waqas naeem , Team Lead Finance & Credit Control , American Express Global Business Travel
Date Posted: 2016/11/26
Shailendra Singh Singh
by Shailendra Singh Singh , Chief Operating Officer , Madison Asset Management Company Limited

It depends on the capital structure of the company.

Cost of equity (KE) is used when an enterprise is funded by equity capital only whereas WACC method is used where a company has been substantially funded  through debt in its caopital structure.

Hafiz Umer Rafique
by Hafiz Umer Rafique , Research Analyst , Yasir Mahmood Securities (Pvt.) Limited

When capital structure consists of both equity and debt we use WACC, and if project or company is wholly financed with equity we use the cost of equity.

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