Is CAPM beta levered or unlevered?

[Sarah]

Levered Beta or Equity Beta is the Beta that contains the effect of capital structure i.e. Debt and Equity both. The beta that we calculated above is the Levered Beta. Unlevered Beta is the Beta after removing the effects of the capital structure.

[goldenfrog555]

It is better to use an unlevered beta over a levered beta when a company or investor wishes to measure a publicly-traded securitys performance in relation to market movements without the effects of that companys debt factor.

Also, how do you calculate levered and unlevered beta? FORMULA FOR UNLEVERED BETA Unlevered beta or asset beta can be found by removing the debt effect from the levered beta. The debt effect can be calculated by multiplying debt to equity ratio with (1-tax) and adding 1 to that value. Dividing levered beta with this debt effect will give you unlevered beta.

Just so, does WACC use levered or unlevered beta?

Practitioners method vs Risky-debt formula. Unlevering and relevering beta in WACC may be done in a number of ways. Levered Beta = Unlevered Beta * (1 D/E), where D/E = Debt-to-Equity Ratio of the company. The practitioners method makes the assumption that corporate debt is risk free.

Which beta is used in CAPM?

The beta (β) of an investment security (i.e. a stock) is a measurement of its volatility of returns relative to the entire market. It is used as a measure of risk and is an integral part of the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM.