2016 Valuation Handbook

This is an annual yearbook that provides business valuation professionals with the data that they need to determine company risk and cost of capital. The data allows practitioners to perform income approaches to valuation without debating over the correct foundational risk rates. Also included are real-world examples and useful graphs that show the analyses. Note that the data provided is from the preceding year. This resource provides defensible cost of capital data of use in determining equity risk and size premia. Historical equity risk premiums and size premiums are provided for 25 size ranked portfolios using eight alternative measures of company size. The rate of return figures are also adjusted for factors that skew other equity risk premiums studies.