Cost of Capital Navigator: Introducing Improvements and New Datasets

Co-Sponsored by the National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts®  (NACVA®)

	Program Description		Free Webinar
	How You Will Benefit

The Cost of Capital Navigator has been revamped to make it easier to access data, while providing new data sets that can be used together to improve cost of capital estimates. However, many valuation professionals are unaware of the latest data sets and features that can be used to estimate, benchmark or augment their cost of capital estimates in a cohesive manner.

This course will help valuation professionals understand the latest cost of capital datasets available in the U.S. Cost of Capital module of the Cost of Capital Navigator. New data sets include U.S. cost of debt and Altman Z-Score data to estimate cost of equity for distressed companies. The View Data path will now include cost of debt and and capital structure inputs, and WACC and cost of equity benchmarks. This course will also showcase the SIC to GICS code search tool and new features available in the Company-level Beta tool (e.g., operating leases, betas over time, industry risk premia, etc.)

How You Will Benefit
After completing this webinar, attendees will be able to:

• Identify where U.S. cost of debt and capital structure inputs are located and can be downloaded in the Cost of Capital Navigator
• Compare custom cost of equity and WACC estimates against off-the-shelf industry estimates
• Estimate cost of equity for a company experiencing financial distress
• Calculate industry risk premium by selecting different types of CAPM betas
• Select a capital structure that is internally consistent with the standard of value and valuation purpose, as well as internally consistent with how operating leases have been captured in the valuation

Take Aways
After this course, valuation professionals will be better equipped to estimate, benchmark, or augment their cost of capital estimates in a cohesive manner that will withstand audit review and regulatory scrutiny.
 
Presenter
Carla Nunes

Delivery Method Group Internet-Based Program Level Intermediate Advanced Preparation Knowledge of different ways to estimate a cost of capital. CAPM or Modified Buildup. Knowledge of WACC or Equity. Prerequisites None   Computer Software and Applications 1 Total CPE Hours   1

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