Estee Lauder Companies' stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Fred Alger Management Inc., American Century Companies Inc., Brown Advisory Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Credit Agricole S A, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., TIAA CREF Investment Management LLC and Montag & Caldwell LLC.
DEFINITION of 'Cost Of Capital'. The cost of funds used for financing a business. Cost of capital depends on the mode of financing used â it refers to the cost of equity if the business is financed solely through equity, or to the cost of debt if it is financed solely through debt.ince the cost of capital represents a hurdle rate that a company must overcome before it can generate value, it is extensively used in the capital budgeting process to determine whether the company should proceed with a project.
(Discuss) Proposed since July 2015. 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 firmâs cost of capital.Importantly, it is dictated by the external market and not by management.The WACC represents the minimum return that a company must earn on an existing asset base to satisfy its creditors, owners, and other providers of capital, or they will invest elsewhere.n the case where the company is financed with only equity and debt, the average cost of capital is computed as follows: where D is the total debt, E is the total shareholderâs equity, Ke is the cost of equity, and Kd is the cost of debt.