Cost of Capital Resource Center
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Kroll Cost of Capital Inputs
Data as of April 30, 2023
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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Fixing Pricing Strategy to Drive Growth
Discover how Kroll engaged with the client's Board to explain the concepts and nuances of cost of capital so that they could pursue new deals and unlock growth.
Kroll's Cost of Capital (Valuation Digital Solutions) and Valuation Services teams recently came together for a company seeking to improve its approach to estimate cost of capital used in cross-border M&A pricing. Through our combined expertise, the client was able to get sound data and insights for quantifying risk globally and is now pursuing new deals to further strengthen its growth strategy.
Cost of Capital in the Current Environment
COVID-19 has generated an unprecedented reaction in both financial markets and economies worldwide, and the resulting uncertainty highlights significant challenges in estimating the cost of capital inputs in the current environment. The infographic below tracks the impact of COVID-19 on some of the financial market and economic indicators used to support the Kroll’s Global Cost of Capital Inputs: Recommended Equity Risk Premium and accompanying Normalized Risk-Free Rate.
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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.
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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.
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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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Company-Level Beta Module
Company-Level Beta Module provides a simple tool and dataset that enables users to calculate levered, unlevered and relevered company-level betas.
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Valuation Handbook – International Guide to Cost of Capital 2022 Summary Edition
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Navigating the Uncertainty Around Cost of Capital and Valuation Assumptions
Dec 12, 2022 Carla Nunes, Global Leader of the Valuation Digital Solutions (VDS) group at Kroll, draws on her cost of capital expertise to analyse the impact of COVID-19, geopolitical tensions and rising inflation on global financial markets and the outlook for businesses.