Estimating the cost of capital is critical when assessing the long-run expected return on investments. From valuing individual securities or capital projects to evaluating mergers or acquisitions, estimating the cost of capital is one of the most important decisions that corporate finance professionals make. The limitations of the methods commonly used to estimate the cost of capital have been magnified in the wake of the economic turbulence of the last Financial Crisis. New challenges have arisen in estimating the cost of capital that all corporate finance professionals need to be aware of.
Accurately calculating cost of capital is a daunting task in any market. Join Duff & Phelps for a live webcast on Thursday, June 16 from 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. EDT which will provide essential information for measuring required investment returns in M&A, capital budgeting, feasibility studies and strategic investment. Estimates of the risk-free rate and equity risk premium will be drawn from the new 2016 Valuation Handbook – Guide to Cost of Capital.
Discussion topics will include:
- Key inputs to cost of capital estimates
- Common errors and how to avoid them
- Benchmarking to industry risk measures
Presenter
Roger Grabowski, Duff & Phelps Managing Director, co-author of Cost of Capital, Applications and Examples, 5th ed. (Wiley, 2014) and the
2016 Valuation Handbook – Guide to Cost of Capital (Wiley, 2016).
Who Should Participate?
CFOs, controllers, M&A heads, tax directors, finance directors, treasurers, and attorneys.
1 CPE credit will be provided.
Register here.