Pre-Tax Post-Tax Ke D
Pre-Tax Post-Tax Ke D
Pre-Tax Post-Tax Ke D
Calculation of E & Ke
For calculating WACC, we require company's post-tax Ke. Accordingly, Ke determined either via Dividend
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Valuation Model /CAPM, it is directly taken without any further adjustment.
Similarly, if we are given SH's pre-tax required rate, it is taken directly as company's Ke without any
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adjustment.
If we are given 'SH's post-tax required rate', then we need to convert it into SH's pre-tax required rate first
- (using SH's personal tax rate) - in order to use it for WACC and for calculation of E via dividend valuation
model.
e.g.
A company has recently paid dividend of Rs 5/share. Profits and dividends of the company are expected to
grow @ 6% p.a. on average. Company's shareholders require post-tax return of 12%. Personal tax of
shareholders is estimated to be 20%. Calculate the MV per share of the company.
Pre-tax required return of SHs 15% 12%/(1-20%) This is company's cost of equity Ke
Now, using dividend growth model the MV per share of the company is:
MV (E) = Do( 1 + g )
Ke – g
= 5 ( 1+ 6%)
15% - 6%
E = 58.89
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KnS Institute of Business Studies
Pre-tax / Post-tax Ke and Kd
Calculation of D & Kd
Debt providers (DH's) required return Pre-tax = Company's cost of debt Pre-tax
- If we are given cost of debt/market return on debt and required to calculate 'D'
We will plot all future cash flows including tax on interest (means post-tax cash flows) and discount these cash
flows with post-tax Kd. It will give us MV (D) of the debt. Please note that while doing so; we automatically
assume that any redemption gain/(loss) - difference between MV and Redemption value of security- is not a
taxable item
e.g.
A company has in issue 10% debentures which are redeemable at par after 3 years. If the post tax cost of
these debentures for the company is currently 9% and corporate tax rate is 30%; calculate the MV (D).
0 1 2 3
For a face value of Rs 100 -------------------- Rs ----------------------
Interest 10 10 10
MV (D) 94.9
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KnS Institute of Business Studies
Pre-tax / Post-tax Ke and Kd
2) If market rate is given; then this market rate is the DH's pre-tax required return OR pre-tax Kd for company
In this situation; the MV will be calculated by plotting pre-tax future cash flows of the debt and discounting
them with given pre-tax Kd.
The post-tax Kd will be calculated as Post-tax Kd = Pre-tax Kd (1- t%)
This will assume that any redemption gain/loss - difference between MV and Redemption value of security- is
taxable!
e.g.
A company has in issue 12% debentures which are redeemable at par after 3 years. The market rate on
securities of similar credit rating with same tenure to maturity is currently 15%. Corporate tax rate is 30%.
Calculate the MV (D) and post-tax cost of debentures for the company.
0 1 2 3
For a face value of Rs 100 -------------------- Rs ----------------------
Interest 12 12 12
Redemption at par 100
MV (D) 93.15
Post-tax Kd = 15 x (1 - 30%)
Post-tax Kd = 10.50%
This post-tax Kd assumes that any redemption gain/loss is also a taxable item.
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