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ESG Valuation Considerations – Top Down or Bottom Up?

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This work can be used to reconcile and support an adjustment to the CAPM, then the WACC, via Alpha and Beta. Adjustments to Beta can accomplish this. Beta measures systemic risk, and the performance of a company as compared with a broad index like the S&P 500 or the Russell 2000. The valuation increases from $263.9

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ESG A Valuation Framework

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As companies continue to legitimately integrate ESG into business strategy, the ability to achieve “alpha,” which is an excess return or performance above a codified index or peer group, might become more difficult to do. Adjustments to Beta can accomplish this. Using Alpha, however, it could be done. million to $271.5