Valuation Handbook 2014. Industry Cost of Capital

Duff & Phelps, 2014. — 318 p.In October 2014, Duff & Phelps introduced a new cost of capital resource: the 2014 Valuation Handbook ‒ Industry Cost of Capital. This new publication provides the same rigorous industry-level analysis previously published in the green-cover Morningstar/Ibbotson Cost of Capital Yearbook.The 2014 Valuation Handbook ‒ Industry Cost of Capital includes cost of capital estimates (equity capital, debt capital, and WACC) for over 200 U.S. industries, plus a host of detailed statistics that can be used for benchmarking purposes.New and noteworthy will be the inclusion of (i) additional methods to calculate cost of equity capital, (ii) a separate analysis of "off-balance-sheet" debt by industry (capitalized operating leases and unfunded pension liabilities), and (iii) a separate analysis of "high-financial-risk" companies by industry.