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Weighted Average Cost of Capital
A recent inquiry from one FEI member prompted this response.
Question: I am attempting to locate information which would show comparison of WACC (Weighted Average Cost of Capital) for various companies or industries.
Answer: I did some searching on the Internet and found the following websites that may be helpful.
1) The following website allows the user to enter a ticker symbol, and the website calculates the company’s WACC.
http://thatswacc.com/
This would allow Mr. Jackson to do his own comparison of individual companies.
The website shows the data used in the calculation. I have not used the website, so I cannot attest to its accuracy or timeliness.
2) The following website for New York University shows the WACC as of January 2010 for different industries.
http://pages.stern.nyu.edu/~adamodar/New_Home_Page/datafile/wacc.htm
This website shows an example calculation.
http://pages.stern.nyu.edu/~igiddy/articles/wacc_tutorial.pdf
3) I also found a reference to the Cost of Capital Yearbook (published by Morningstar).
http://corporate.morningstar.com/ib/asp/subject.aspx?xmlfile=1420.xml
Morningstar now offers what used to be called the Ibbotson data.
I searched for “Industry WACC” and “Weighted average cost of capital.” There are other sites available, but the ones above seem particularly relevant.
Hope this helps.