Unlevered cost of capital is the theoretical cost of a company financing itself without any debt. This number represents the equity returns an investor expects the company to generate, excluding any ...

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Cost of capital is a term that investors and companies use to express how much it costs a firm to obtain funding for projects. This rate is used as a benchmark to evaluate potential investment ...

Marginal efficiency of capital (MEC) is the discount rate at which the present value of the future yields from a capital asset are equal to its cost of acquisition. The idea behind computing the MEC ...

NEWS ITEM: The Surface Transportation Board (STB) proposes to change the formula for computing the cost of the equity component of the railroad industry’s cost of capital. This is of consequence to ...