Cost of Capital Resource Center

Kroll is the leading global independent valuation services provider 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 estimate cost of capital.

Kroll Cost of Capital Inputs

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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Data as of April 15, 2025

Our experts provide data and insights on current financial market and economic indicators used to support the Kroll’s Cost of Capital Inputs. Additional analytics include illustrating how industry or country risks evolve over time.

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Interest rate cuts are expected later this year, but long-term rates are still much higher than during COVID-19 and, in fact, are much closer to where they were during the 2008 global financial crisis.

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Cost of Capital Navigator

The Kroll Cost of Capital Navigator is a global cost of capital tool and data delivery platform. This is one of the most authoritative sources of equity risk premia, size premia and other critical data used in computing cost of capital. Users can get best-in-class data, with the option to also use our tools that guide them through the process of developing global cost of capital estimates. The product suite is comprised of two annual subscription products: the U.S. Cost of Capital Module and the International Cost of Capital Module.

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U.S. Cost of Capital Module

Provides U.S. data that includes size premia, risk-free rates, equity risk premia, industry- and company-level betas, industry risk premia, and other industry-level data and benchmarking statistics.

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International Cost of Capital Module

Provides global data that includes country risk premia, risk-free rates, equity risk premia, industry- and company-level betas, and other industry-level data and benchmarking statistics.

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