
Cost of Capital Navigator
An online platform that guides you through the process of developing global cost of capital estimates, a key component of any valuation analysis. You can subscribe to any or all four cost of capital modules, each offering three annual subscription levels: Basic, Pro and Enterprise.
The Cost of Capital Navigator guides the user step-by-step through the process of estimating cost of capital, allowing either Kroll's global data or custom inputs to be incorporated into the analysis. Our solution is comprehensive, providing users with multiple alternative models and corresponding required inputs as they use their professional judgement in developing their own estimates. Users can export their work or download data using the Navigator Excel add-in directly into their own spreadsheets, saving time and ensuring a consistent, accurate analysis. Results can also be downloaded into a standard report format suitable for review by auditors and other stakeholders with inputs and assumptions clearly documented.
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U.S. Cost of Capital Module
Provides size premia, risk premia, equity risk premia, risk-free rates, betas and industry risk premia that can be used to estimate U.S. cost of capital.

U.S. Industry Benchmarking Module
Provides U.S. industry-level inputs needed to estimate cost of capital and industry-level benchmarks that can be used to augment and support custom analyses.

International Cost of Capital Module
Provides country risk premia, relative volatility factors, equity risk premia and international industry betas that can be used to estimate cost of capital globally.
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International Industry Benchmarking Module
Provides global industry-level inputs needed to estimate cost of capital and global industry-level benchmarks that can be used to augment and support custom analyses.
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Kroll is the leading global independent valuation services firm and a trusted expert on estimating cost of capital. For over 20 years, our professionals have published books, created studies, provided recommendations and built tools to help businesses and valuation professionals calculate cost of capital.
Quantifying risk is essential in any valuation analysis and no easy task. While the result is only one input in a valuation analysis, getting it wrong can make or break an investment decision or materially impact a valuation conclusion. While corporate finance theory has established some generally accepted approaches for calculating cost of capital, multiple complex models have been developed to establish the required inputs, and numerous books and articles have been published on this topic. It remains one of the most complex corporate finance principles today.
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U.S. Cost of Capital Module
Provides size premia, risk premia, equity risk premia, risk-free rates, betas and industry risk premia that can be used to estimate U.S. cost of capital.
Kroll regularly reviews fluctuations in the global economic and financial market conditions. These reviews warrant a periodic reassessment of the equity risk premium (ERP) and the accompanying risk-free rate and key inputs used to calculate the cost of equity capital in the context of the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) and other models used to develop discount rates.
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