Views expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the Department of Defense. Although some of the commonly referenced resilience constructs are outlined below, it is difficult to. say whether they are all valid and reliable factors due to the way in which resilience was defined in. the various studies.
Finally â Capital Structure. The WACC is the weighted average of the cost of equity and the cost of debt based on the proportion of debt and equity in the company's capital structure. The proportion of debt is represented by D/V, a ratio comparing the company's debt to the company's total value (equity + debt).ACC, in other words, represents the investor's opportunity cost of taking on the risk of putting money into a company. To understand WACC, think of a company as a bag of money. The money in the bag comes from two sources: debt and equity.
The firmâs overall cost of capital is based on the weighted average of these costs. For example, consider an enterprise with a capital structure consisting of 70% equity and 30% debt; its cost of equity is 10% and after-tax cost of debt is 7%.Therefore, its WACC would be (0.7 x 10%) + (0.3 x 7%) = 9.1%.EFINITION of 'Cost Of Capital'. The cost of funds used for financing a business. Cost of capital depends on the mode of financing used â it refers to the cost of equity if the business is financed solely through equity, or to the cost of debt if it is financed solely through debt.