Top 10 Industries with Highest Cost of Capital

Here Industries with the Highest cost of Capital:

Note where Private Equity ranks.
1. Semiconductor Equipment          11.46%
2. Advertising Co.                          11.42%
3. Furniture/Home Furnishings        10.98%
4. Retail/Hard Goods                     10.84%
5. Public/Private Equity                  10.79%
6. Semiconductor                          10.36%
7. Metal Fabricating                      10.32%
8. Auto Parts                                10.27%
9. Retail/Soft Goods                     10.13%
10. Heavy Truck Equipment          9.82%
Avg. over all sectors                  7.05% data was based on 5891 firms as of January 2012.
 data from The Stern School of Business, New York University. http://w4.stern.nyu.edu/~adamodar/New_Home_Page/datafile/wacc.htm