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ESG Valuation Considerations – Top Down or Bottom Up?

Value Scope

This work can be used to reconcile and support an adjustment to the CAPM, then the WACC, via Alpha and Beta. We know ESG is important and valuable, but it will be even more valuable when it is clearly quantified and valued using conventional and customary approaches. Do ESG programs impact firm value?

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A Follow up on Inflation: The Disparate Effects on Company Values!

Musings on Markets

In my last post , I discussed how inflation's return has changed the calculus for investors, looking at how inflation affects returns on different asset classes, and tracing out the consequences for equity values, in the aggregate.

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Announcement: Valutico Provides Easier Way to Value Startups

Valutico

As some recent start-up valuations are falling amidst investor caution, this new development comes at an opportune time to positively impact how effectively financial firms value young businesses. The calculation of these discount rates are based on the observed betas of similar listed peer companies.

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Data Update 1 for 2024: The data speaks, but what does it say?

Musings on Markets

Beta & Risk 1. Return on Equity 1. Equity Risk Premiums 2. Costs of equity & capital 4. Costs of equity & capital 4. Costs of equity & capital 1. Fundamental Growth in Equity Earnings 2. Return on Equity 2. Standard Deviation in Equity/Firm Value 2.

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Data Update 1 for 2023: Setting the table!

Musings on Markets

I do report on a few market-wide data items especially on risk premiums for both equity and debt. I also report on pricing statistics, again broken down by industry grouping, with equity (PE, Price to Book, Price to Sales) and enterprise value (EV/EBIT, EV/EBITDA, EV/Sales, EV/Invested Capital) multiples. Cost of Equity 1.

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ESG A Valuation Framework

Value Scope

How do you justify making substantial investments and fundamental changes to corporate structures and culture without empirical evidence that it will make a direct impact on shareholder value, total shareholder return, net present value, and individual rates of return? . Do ESG programs impact firm value?