Difference between revisions of "Hamada formula"

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<math> \text{Unlevered beta}</math> = <math>\huge \frac{B^L}{1+(1-T_c)*\frac{D}{E}}</math>
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<math> \text{Unlevered beta}</math> = <math>\frac{B^L}{1+(1-T_c)*\frac{D}{E}}</math>
  
 
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Revision as of 17:12, 27 August 2020

Levered Beta is the beta that reflects a capital structure that does include debt. The Unlevered Beta is the Beta of a company without any debt. Unlevering a beta removes the financial effects from leverage.



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Where:

  • is the levered, published beta
  • is the companies debt
  • is the companies equity
  • is the corporate tax rate.

+ The point of the unlevered beta is to 'remove' the debt risk from a publicly known company in a sector comparable to your own company ('unlever the beta') add your own debt risk and 'lever' the beta.