After-tax weighted average cost of capital: The same calculation method as detailed earlier but with the cost of debt modified to reflect the company's tax rate (since interest can be deducted).

The cost of equity helps to assign value to an equity investment. Cost of equity measures an asset's theoretical return to ensure that it's commensurate with the risk of investing capital.

There is a cost-of-capital problem," says capital markets expert Ronald Davis, First Vice President at Matthews Real Estate Investment Services. Multifamily mortgages are above 6%, ...

For most of the last 15 years, capital has been cheap. Since 2009, the after-tax cost of borrowing for some large companies has been below the rate of inflation, making their debt in real terms ...

This expense, incurred just for the privilege of accessing funds, is referred to as the cost of debt capital. Interest payments must be made to lenders regardless of business performance.

The Surface Transportation Board (STB) has determined that the cost of capital for the railroad industry was 10.37% for 2021. This represents the STB Office of Economics’ estimate of the average rate ...

OLDWICK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Despite another year of elevated catastrophe losses, U.S. property/casualty (P/C) insurers generated high investment returns and were able to exceed their cost of ...

For large corporations, especially publicy traded companies, the cost of capital can involve complex calculations and formulas that address shareholder dividends, interest rates, investments, debt ...