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  2. Rate of return - Wikipedia

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    To calculate the capital gain for US income tax purposes, include the reinvested dividends in the cost basis. The investor received a total of $4.06 in dividends over the year, all of which were reinvested, so the cost basis increased by $4.06. Cost Basis = $100 + $4.06 = $104.06; Capital gain/loss = $103.02 − $104.06 = -$1.04 (a capital loss)

  3. How do you calculate cost basis on investments? - AOL

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    The capital gain on this transaction is how much you sold it for minus the cost basis: $1,500 – $1,000 = $500. This $500 gain is subject to capital gains tax. Factors that impact an investment ...

  4. Cost of capital - Wikipedia

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    In economics and accounting, the cost of capital is the cost of a company's funds (both debt and equity), or from an investor's point of view is "the required rate of return on a portfolio company's existing securities". [1] It is used to evaluate new projects of a company.

  5. Economic value added - Wikipedia

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    EVA is the net profit less the capital charge ($) for raising the firm's capital. The idea is that value is created when the return on the firm's economic capital employed exceeds the cost of that capital. This amount can be determined by making adjustments to GAAP accounting. There are potentially over 160 adjustments but in practice, only ...

  6. What Is Cost Basis and How Is It Calculated? - AOL

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    The cost basis of an asset is important to you for two primary reasons – tax planning and investment planning. These two reasons are related because only with the proper investment planning can ...

  7. Return of capital - Wikipedia

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    Public business may return capital as a means to increase the debt/equity ratio and increase their leverage (risk profile). When the value of real estate holdings (for example) have increased, the owners may realize some of the increased value immediately by taking a ROC and increasing debt.

  8. Discounted cash flow - Wikipedia

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    Free Cash Flow Projections: Projections of the amount of Cash produced by a company's business operations after paying for operating expenses and capital expenditures. [1] Discount Rate: The cost of capital (Debt and Equity) for the business. This rate, which acts like an interest rate on future Cash inflows, is used to convert them into ...

  9. Return on capital - Wikipedia

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    Return on capital (ROC), or return on invested capital (ROIC), is a ratio used in finance, valuation and accounting, as a measure of the profitability and value-creating potential of companies relative to the amount of capital invested by shareholders and other debtholders. [1] It indicates how effective a company is at turning capital into ...