Uses of estimated average cost of capital are:
- It is used in financial modeling as the discount rate to
calculate the net present value of a business.
- It is used to evaluate investment opportunities, as it is
considered to represent the firm’s opportunity cost.
- Also, a company will commonly use its WACC as a hurdle rate for
evaluating mergers and acquisitions.
Considerations:
- As a general practice, if an investment opportunity has a lower
Internal Rate of Return (IRR) than its WACC, it should buy back its
own shares or pay out a dividend instead of investing in the
project.
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