This Excel file helps you estimate the cost of capital of a firm under alternative financial policies. You can use it to estimate the cost of capital from comparable firms or to estimate the impact of a change in leverage on a firm's cost of capital. It also helps you avoid common mistakes that many academics and practitioners make when using overly simplified equations to unlever and relever betas. To learn more about the estimation of the cost of capital, click here.
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