Kroll lowers recommended ERP to 5.0%

BVWireIssue #261-4
June 26, 2024

cost of capital
cost of capital, discount rate, private company valuation, risk analysis, cost of equity, equity risk premium (ERP)

Kroll has decreased its recommended U.S. equity risk premium (ERP) from 5.5% to 5.0% when developing USD-denominated discount rates as of June 5, 2024. Also, Kroll recommends using the spot 20-year U.S. Treasury yield as the proxy for the risk-free rate if the prevailing spot yield as of the valuation date is higher than the Kroll normalized U.S. risk-free rate of 3.5%. For more details on Kroll’s recommendations including an explanation of factors and trends it takes into account, click here.
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