Phio Pharmaceuticals Corp. (PHIO) Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) - Discounting Cash Flows
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Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC)

WACC is a financial metric that helps in calculating a firm’s cost of financing by combining the cost of debt and cost of equity structure together.

WACC = Equity Weight * Cost of Equity + Debt Weight * Cost of Debt * (1 - Tax Rate)

Read more: Understanding WACC

This model is a simplified version of Prof. Aswath Damodaran's spreadsheet ⬇️wacccalc.xls

Assumptions

Beta

Beta

Beta measures the volatility of a stock's price in relation to the overall stock market. A higher beta indicates greater price fluctuations relative to the market.

Risk Free Rate

Risk Free Rate

The risk-free rate represents the return an investor expects from an absolutely risk-free investment over a specified time period. By default, it is set to the current yield of the U.S. 10-Year Treasury Bond.

Equity Risk Premium

Equity Risk Premium

The market risk premium represents the additional return over the risk-free rate that investors expect for taking on the risks associated with equities.

Tax Rate

Tax Rate

Tax Rate = Income Tax Expense / Income Before Tax

This is the company’s effective tax rate, reflecting the average rate of tax actually paid on its pre-tax earnings (including all statutory, deferred, and non-recurring items).

This rate is used to adjust the after-tax cost of debt, since interest expense is tax-deductible.

Discount Rate

Discount Rate =
Debt Weight × Cost of Debt × (1 − Tax Rate)
+ Equity Weight × Cost of Equity

Weights Calculations

Interest Expense 0 USD
/ Total Debt 0 USD
= Cost of Debt
Market Capitalization 12.49 Mil. USD
/ (Market Capitalization + Total Debt) 12.49 Mil. USD
= Equity Weight 100%
(1 - Equity Weight) = Debt Weight 0%

WACC Calculation

Beta 0.91
* Equity Risk Premium 4.46%
+ Risk Free Rate 4.15%
= Cost of Equity 8.21%
* Equity Weight 100%
+ Cost of Debt
* Debt Weight 0%
* (1 - Tax Rate) 75%
= WACC (Discount Rate)
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