Meet WACCFINDER™

In Simple Terms: The "Cost" of Your Company's Money

Think of Weighted Average Cost of Capital ("WACC") as the average interest rate your company pays to finance its operations. It represents the blended cost of all your capital sources—including equity (money from owners/investors) and debt (loans from banks).

WACC is used to discount 'risky' future investment cash flows.

People prefer certain investments over uncertain investments.

The risk premium is the amount of higher return investors demand to accept uncertainty.

A lower WACC generally means your company can undertake more projects profitably, as the hurdle to clear (the cost of the capital used) is lower. It is a fundamental metric used in financial modeling and Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) analysis to determine the value of a company or project.

For Founders:

• Strategic Decision-Making: Use your WACC as a benchmark to evaluate new projects, acquisitions, or expansion plans. If a project's expected return is higher than your WACC, it will likely create value.
• Investor Communication: A well-calculated WACC demonstrates financial sophistication to potential investors and venture capitalists, showing you understand the true cost of capital.
  Performance Measurement: It helps you assess whether your company is generating sufficient returns relative to its risk.

For Auditors:

• Valuation Verification: Auditing the assumptions used in a client's WACC calculation is a critical step in validating business valuations, impairment testing, and financial fairness opinions.
• Risk Assessment: The components of WACC (cost of equity, cost of debt) provide insight into the company's risk profile and capital structure stability.
• Compliance & Governance: Ensuring the methodology for calculating WACC is sound and aligns with accepted financial standards is a key governance function.

Yes. WACCFINDER™ is proud to carry the Cyber Essentials mark issued by the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA). This certifies that our platform is assessed to comply with the Singapore Standardisation Programme, Technical Reference 106 (TR 106:2022) for "Tiered Cybersecurity Standards for Enterprises."

This government endorsement provides founders and auditors with immediate, verifiable confidence that our security controls meet a recognized national benchmark.

For Auditors: You can verify our framework against the official standard: Download TR 106:2022 here.

Yes. WACCFINDER™ is engineered to ensure full compliance with the International Valuation Standards (IVS), providing a defensible and auditable framework for business valuation.

How We Ensure IVS Compliance:

WACCFINDER™ is built to guide users through a compliant valuation process, aligning with key IVS requirements.

• Adherence to IVS Framework: Our platform structures calculations to meet the core principles of IVS 105 (Valuation Approaches) and IVS 200 (Business Valuation), particularly the Income Approach which relies on a robust WACC.

• Audit-Ready Documentation: Every variable in the WACC calculation is clearly sourced and documented, creating a transparent audit trail. This allows auditors to efficiently verify the reasonableness of all market-derived inputs and assumptions.

• Global Data Integration: The platform integrates reputable, global data sources for risk-free rates, equity risk premiums, and other critical inputs, ensuring your cost of capital reflects current market conditions.

Why It Matters:

For Auditors: WACCFINDER™ transforms WACC calculation into a standardized, transparent process, significantly reducing audit risk and review time.

For Founders & Financial Leaders: It de-risks financial modeling, providing investor-ready valuations built on an internationally recognized framework for fundraising, M&A, and financial reporting.