BVR survey reveals COE data sources of choice
While the Kroll Cost of Capital Navigator continues to be widely used and accepted for estimating cost of equity (COE), BVR’s Cost of Capital Professional has been gaining considerable steam since its launch in 2018, according to a BVR survey.
BV News and Trends June 2023
A monthly roundup of key developments of interest to business valuation experts.
Cost of Capital Navigator now has a company-level beta module
Kroll has added a new module to its Cost of Capital Navigator that allows users to estimate their own industry CAPM betas by providing levered, unlevered, and relevered individual company betas.
COE Estimates From Leading Data Sets Are All ‘Very Close’
Jim Hitchner conducted a hypothetical engagement using Kroll’s Navigator, BVR’s Cost of Capital Professional, the Pepperdine study, and Damodaran’s data to estimate cost of equity (COE).
BV News and Trends January 2023
A monthly roundup of key developments of interest to business valuation experts.
Competition keeps cost of capital platform prices down, experts believe
That’s the feeling of a panel of veteran valuation experts who presented at the recent Forensic and Valuation Conference hosted by the Virginia State Society of CPAs.
BV News and Trends September 2022
A monthly roundup of key developments of interest to business valuation experts.
BV News and Trends August 2022
A monthly roundup of key developments of interest to business valuation experts.
Hitchner surveys COE data sources of choice
The Kroll (formerly Duff & Phelps) Navigator has been the consistent clear choice for cost of equity (COE) data by valuation analysts, according to ongoing surveys by Jim Hitchner (Valuation Products and Services).
Valuation underpinning contested stock sale reflects fair value, Court of Chancery says
In a breach of fiduciary duty action arising out of a controversial stock sale, the Delaware Court of Chancery dismissed the plaintiff’s attacks on the underlying valuation, noting the appraiser was “exceptionally knowledgeable about the industry” and held “informed beliefs” as to the company’s specific structure.
Coster v. UIP Companies, Inc.
In breach of fiduciary duty action, court says stock sale passes enhanced fairness review; appraiser valuing real estate investment services company before sale is eminently qualified and knowledgeable about industry; capitalized cash flow method “generated a reliable indicator” of company’s value.
Valuation Underlying Controversial Stock Sale Satisfies Highest Scrutiny
In breach of fiduciary duty action, court says stock sale passes enhanced fairness review; appraiser valuing real estate investment services company before sale is eminently qualified and knowledgeable about industry; capitalized cash flow method “generated a reliable indicator” of company’s value.
Cost of capital platforms topline Virginia conference September 19-20
BVWire will be heading to Glen Allen, Va., for the Business Valuation, Fraud & Litigation Services Conference on September 19-20, sponsored by the Virginia Society of CPAs.
Duff & Phelps Cost of Capital Navigator: Q&A With Jim Harrington
The Duff & Phelps Cost of Capital Navigator is now available. The new online application is designed to assist financial professionals to calculate and strengthen their cost of capital estimates. The Cost of Capital Navigator provides step-by-step guidance for developing U.S. cost of capital estimates in a straightforward, no-nonsense fashion, using multiple methodologies, and then layering in contextual industry data that can benchmark, augment, and support the estimates.
SECBA gets sneak preview of the D&P Cost of Capital Navigator
The hardcover version of the Duff & Phelps Valuation Handbook – U.S. Guide to Cost of Capital will no longer be published—it is being replaced by the Duff & Phelps Cost of Capital Navigator, an interactive online application.