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Weighted Average Cost of Capital or WACC. The WACC calculation is a calculation of a companyâs cost of capital in which each category of capital is equally weighted. All capital sources such as common stock, preferred stock, bonds and all other long-term debt are included in this calculation.urrently, Chevronâs has a Cost of Equity or R Equity of 6.72% so investors should expect to get a return of 6.72% per-year average over the long term on their investment to compensate for the risk they undertake by investing in this company. (Please note that this is the CAPM approach to finding the cost of equity.
What It Means. The weighted average cost of capital (WACC) reflects the overall costs of combined debt and equity capital used to finance business operations or acquisition. It is the basis of determining the discount rate for the Discounted Cash Flow business valuation method. Valuing a Business by Discounting its Cash Flow.