Elinoil Hellenic Petroleum Co (FRA:EL7) WACC %:9.16% (As of Jul. 01, 2026)

Elinoil Hellenic Petroleum Co  (FRA:EL7) WACC % Explanation

Because it costs money to raise capital. A firm that generates higher ROIC % than it costs the company to raise the capital needed for that investment is earning excess returns. A firm that expects to continue generating positive excess returns on new investments in the future will see its value increase as growth increases, whereas a firm that earns returns that do not match up to its cost of capital will destroy value as it grows.

As of today, Elinoil Hellenic Petroleum Co's weighted average cost of capital is 9.16%%. Elinoil Hellenic Petroleum Co's ROIC % is 0.00% (calculated using TTM income statement data). Elinoil Hellenic Petroleum Co earns returns that do not match up to its cost of capital. It will destroy value as it grows.

1. GuruFocus uses book value of debt (D) to do the calculation. It is simplified by adding latest one-year annual average Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation together.
For companies that report quarterly, GuruFocus combines all of the most recent year's quarterly debt data from the beginning of the year to the year-end and calculates the average.
For companies that report semi-annually, GuruFocus combines all of the most recent year's semi-annual debt data from the start of the year to the year-end and calculates the average.
For companies that report annually, GuruFocus combines the beginning and ending annual debt data from the most recent year and then calculates the average.

2. The WACC formula discussed above does not include Preferred Stock. Please adjust if preferred stock is considered.

3. (Expected Return of the Market - Risk-Free Rate of Return) is also called market premium. GuruFocus requires market premium to be 6%.

4. GuruFocus uses the latest annual Interest Expense divided by the latest one-year annual average debt to get the simplified cost of debt.

The historical data trend for Elinoil Hellenic Petroleum Co's WACC % can be seen below:

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Elinoil Hellenic Petroleum Co WACC % Chart

FRA:EL7 vs MPC, PSX, VLO: WACC % Comparison

For the Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing subindustry, Elinoil Hellenic Petroleum Co's WACC %, along with its competitors' market caps and WACC % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Elinoil Hellenic Petroleum Co WACC % vs Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Elinoil Hellenic Petroleum Co's WACC % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Elinoil Hellenic Petroleum Co's WACC % falls into.

Elinoil Hellenic Petroleum Co WACC % Calculation

The weighted average cost of capital (WACC) is the rate that a company is expected to pay on average to all its security holders to finance its assets. The WACC is commonly referred to as the firm's cost of capital. Generally speaking, a company's assets are financed by debt and equity. WACC is the average of the costs of these sources of financing, each of which is weighted by its respective use in the given situation. By taking a weighted average, we can see how much interest the company has to pay for every dollar it finances.

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