Encana Wacc

EnCana is major gas producing company in north America. This corporation came into existence by the merger of Pan Canadian and Alberta Energy company which is biggest oil and gas producing companies in North America. Steven and Barb are discussing about the calculation of cost of capital in order to make investments and they are uncertain about the costs which should be consider while calculating the cost of capital. The investment is always made if expected rate of return is greater than its cost of capital. Cost of Capital Before calculating the cost of capital I'll calculate cost of equity and cost of dept and capital structure for ENCANA: 1 Cost of Debt: ENCANA cost of debt included cost on short term debt , long term debt and publicity traded interest amount 1.1 Short term Debt: Short term obligations (Ex.1) = $ 1425 million Interest Rate (Ex.1) = 3.52% Total amount for short term debt interest = 1425 3.52% = 50.16 million 1.2 Long term Debt: Other long term liabilities (Ex.1) = $1278 Interest rate (Prime rate charged) = 5.25% Total amount for long term debt interest = 1278 5.25% = 67.095 million 1.3 Publicity traded:

Publicity traded interest = total interest - (short term debt interest amount + long term debt interest amount) Publicity traded interest = 524 - ( 50.16 + 67.095) = 406.75 million Interest rate on publicity traded = Publicity traded interest L.T debt on publicity traded Interest rate on publicity traded = 406.75 5351 = 7.6% Cost on debt = Weight of long term debt Rate of interest on L.T debt + Weight of short term debt Rate of interest on S.T debt + Weight of publicity traded rate of interest on publicity traded = 1278/8054* 5.25 + 1425/8054 3.52 + 5351/8054 7.60 = 0.833 + 0.622 + 5.049 = 6.5% *The amount $8054 is total amount of debt given in Exhibit 3 1.4 Determining Tax rate: Tax rate for ENCANA can be determined as follow: Tax Rate= T= Net earnings before interest and tax tax expense T= 1260 4089 = 30.81% 1.5 Cost of debt after tax: Cost of debt after tax = cost of debt before tax (1- Tax Rate) Cost of debt after tax = 6.5% ( 1- 30.81%) = 4.5 % ==> rate of debt (rd)

2 Cost of equity: There are following two ways to calculate ENCANA's cost of equity : 1. Using SML equation 2. Calculating cost of equity by dividend growth model 2.1 Calculation of cost of equity for ENCANA by using SML equation: rs = r* + MRP (b) r* = 4.20 % (Govt. long Term Treasury Bills) rm = 13.9% (S&P arithmetic average return) MRP = rm r = 13.9-4.20 = 9.7 Beta = 1.27 rs = 4.20 + 9.7 *1.27 rs = 16.519 % 2.1 Calculation of cost of equity for ENCANA by using dividend growth model: rs = (D1/ Po F) + g Where: D1= next year dividend Po = current price of share in market F = Floatation Cost Growth from past data: Year | Dividend per share | Growth * | 2002 | 0.2 | | 2003 | 0.15 | -25% |

2004 | 0.2 | 33.3% | 2005 | 0.28 | 40% | *Growth rate is calculated as: 0.15/0.2= 0.75-1 = -0.25 100 =-25% 0.2/0.15= 1.33-1= 0.33 100 = 33.3% 0.28/0.2= 1.4-1 =0.4 100 = 40% Average Growth= -25 + 33.3 + 40 = 16.1% rs = (Do (1+ g) / Po F) + g rs = 0.28 (1+0.1611) / 56.75 (1- 0.05) + 0.1611 rs = 0.325108/53.9125 +0.1611 rs = 16.713% Average rs = (16.713+16.519)/2 = 16.616% WACC: The WACC equation is the cost of each capital component multiplied by its proportional weight and then summing: WACC = rD (1- Tc )*( D / V )+ rE *( E / V ) Where, Re = cost of equity Rd = cost of debt E = market value of the firm's equity D = market value of the firm's debt V = Total Capital = E + D E/V = we = percentage of financing by equity

D/V = wd= percentage of financing by debt T = corporate tax rate By putting Values: Total Equity= E = no of shares * price of shares = 854.9 * 56.75 = $48515.575 million Total Capital = Equity + Debt = 48515.575+ 8054 = $56596.575 Million WACC = wd * rd + we * re = 8054/56596.575 * 4.5 + 48515.575/56596.575 * 16.616 = 0.6404 + 14.2436 = 14.884% ENCANA should accept this project which will give a return of more than 14.884%, because ENCANA has to pay their investors a return of 14.884 and this will also generate profit which can be utilized as retained earnings and increase growth of its dividend.