New Country Risk Data Update Reminds Valuers of Factors to Consider
A data update from Aswath Damodaran (New York University Stern School of Business) helps valuation experts explain how they considered each of the risk factors in assessing value for business assets located outside of the U.S.
A Look Back: Including ESG in Valuation Models
Quantified the impact of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors and measuring their effects is not a new phenomenon. Thanks to the BVResearch Pro platform, here are two ways experts have done this before.
BVU News and Trends April 2023
A monthly roundup of key developments of interest to business valuation experts.
Damodaran posts 2023 edition of ERP paper
The “dean of valuation,” Professor Aswath Damodaran (New York University Stern School of Business) has posted “Equity Risk Premiums (ERP): Determinants, Estimation and Implications—The 2023 Edition.”
NICE DLOM Method for FLPs Gets Peer Reviewed
A paper describing the theory and mechanics of the nonmarketable investment company evaluation (NICE) method for estimating a discount for lack of marketability (DLOM) has been published in the Business Valuation Review, the peer-reviewed journal of the American Society of Appraisers.
BV News and Trends March 2023
A monthly roundup of key developments of interest to business valuation experts.
Damodaran to give critical perspective of ESG
Never one to mince words, Aswath Damodaran (New York University Stern School of Business) called it “the most overhyped, oversold concept in the history of business.”
Size effect is hibernating, per new paper
The size premium is more significantly related to monetary policy than to firm quality or to business cycle troughs, according to a new paper.
Still open: 2023 Pepperdine private cost of capital survey
At press time, the Pepperdine University annual survey of expected rates of return with respect to private companies is still open.
Determining the FMV of Privately Held Promissory Notes
Privately held promissory notes need to be valued for gift/estate, tax, and related-party transactions. These appraisals must objectively consider the same risk and reward relationship that we use when valuing an operating company. However, the data sources that have historically been used are problematic. For example, corporate bonds from publicly traded companies are not typically comparable because publicly traded companies are large, diversified, and represent lower risk. This webinar will present a better source of ...
SEC climate proposal is key topic during KPMG panel
At the recent Global Financial Reporting and Valuation Conference, a panel of KPMG leaders shared their knowledge and insights on the evolving landscape regarding environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors. During this session, audience members were particularly interested in how the SEC climate proposal can impact private companies.
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 February 2023
A monthly roundup of key developments of interest to business valuation experts.
Damodaran examines impact of inflation on profitability
In his fifth data update for 2023, Professor Aswath Damodaran (New York University Stern School of Business) focuses on trends in company profitability in 2022, including the impacts of inflation.
Inflation appears to have peaked, per Kroll
The latest cost of capital infographic from Kroll says that inflation seems to have topped out toward the end of 2022.
Year-end 2022 data now in the Cost of Capital Professional
Year-end 2022 data, including equity risk premia, CRSP decile size premia, and industry betas/IRPs, are now available in BVR’s Cost of Capital Professional platform.
BV News and Trends January 2023
A monthly roundup of key developments of interest to business valuation experts.
Global BV News and Trends January 2023
Business valuation news from a global perspective.
High ESG scores lower the cost of capital, study finds
A recent paper says there is significant evidence that companies having a higher environmental, social, and governance (ESG) score have a lower cost of capital.
Reminder: The 2023 Pepperdine private cost of capital survey is now open
Every year, Pepperdine University conducts an annual survey of expected rates of return with respect to private companies.
Damodaran posts his data update for 2023
At the beginning of each year, Professor Aswath Damodaran (New York University Stern School of Business) generously posts a great amount of data on his website that include risk-free rates, equity risk premiums (ERPs), corporate default spreads, corporate tax rates, country risk premiums, and other data—all of which are free.
The 2023 Pepperdine private cost of capital survey is now open
Every year, Pepperdine University conducts an annual survey of expected rates of return with respect to private companies.
BV News and Trends December 2022
A monthly roundup of key developments of interest to business valuation experts.
Takeaways from the final big BV event of 2022
The beach or the ski slope? Those were the options for attendees who ventured out to either Park City, Utah, or Fort Lauderdale, Fla., for the NACVA Business Valuation & Financial Litigation Super Conference last week.
Firm nimbleness as a measure of risk
Investors perceive firms with higher levels of inflexibility, such as not being able to scale operations or adapt to changes in profitability, as being riskier and have a higher implied cost of equity, researchers conclude in a new paper.