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April 12, 20160Comments

Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC): Explanation & Examples

WACC plays a key role in our economic earnings calculation. It is hard to be 100% certain about the exact cost of a company’s capital. Our guiding principle when calculating WACC is that it is better to be vaguely right than precisely wrong.

by Kyle Guske II, Senior Investment Analyst, MBA

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