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Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC): WACC is the average rate of return a company is expected to provide to all its investors, including equity and debt holders. It is calculated by weighting the cost of equity and cost of debt based on their proportions in the capitalstructure.
The formula implies the return an investor expects from a risk-free investment plus the return from the stock in relation to market volatility. The market riskpremium is calculated from a market rate of return less a risk-free rate. In practice, it is difficult for the firm to maintain its capitalstructure.
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