The cost of capital or weighted average cost of capital concept is nothing new as its often being used in investment appraisals exercise and in the Economic Value Added model ( for maximization of shareholders’ wealth)
This article looks at what is this Cost of Capital or Weighted Average Cost Of Capital and how to compute [...]

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Earlier article on the computation of cost of capital for retained earnings/existing common equity/stocks
This article looks at how to compute the cost of capital from newly issued common stocks: 

Method To Compute Of Cost Of EXTERNAL Common Equity
 The cost of issuing new common stock(Kne) is similar to the cost of internal equity except that a company [...]

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One of the source of financing is the retained earnings or existing share equity(Ke) of a firm. Let’s look at how we can the firm’s cost of capital from retained earnings/ internal common stocks:- 

Methods To Compute Of Cost Of INTERNAL Common Equity

Dividend Growth Model
Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)

Dividend Growth Model

The value of common stock is [...]

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Before determining what is the firm’s cost of capital, the manager needs to understand some of the major reasons or dependents for the firm’s cost of capital to rise or fall: 
Some of the major factors or dependents that may impact the cost of capital are:
Company’s business risk
The higher a firm’s business risk, the higher the [...]

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Major Factors which increase or decrease a company’s cost of capital
 

 
Cost Of Capital For Common stocks-Retained Earnings or Existing Equity
 

 
Cost Of Capital For External Common Equity
 

 
What is Weighted Average Cost Of Capital & how to compute it.
 

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