Now in a Fourth Edition, Cost of Capital brings together the issues in the cost of capital computation in a way that melds timely advice with serious debate about the best practices in the area. New chapters are included on reconciling various forms of the income, and on cost of capital for companies assessed as unitary businesses. Addressing the most controversial issues and problems in estimating the cost of capital, this definitive text is an indispensable reference tool for professional valuation practitioners, attorneys, judges, investment bankers, CFOs, and CPAs.
About the Author
Shannon P. Pratt, CFA, FASA, ARM, MCBA, CM&AA, referred to as the father of business valuations, is the author of several bestselling Wiley business valuation books and a sought-after speaker at business valuation industry conferences. He is the managing owner of Shannon Pratt Valuations, Inc., and has served as supervisory analyst for over 3,000 business valuation engagements in forty years and as an expert witness in numerous state and federal courts on contested business valuations.
Roger J. Grabowski is managing director of Duff & Phelps LLC. Roger has testified in court as an expert witness on the value of closely held businesses and business interests, matters of solvency, valuation, and amortization of intangible assets, and other valuation issues. He testified in the Northern Trust case, the first U.S. Tax Court decision that adopted the discounted cash flow method to value the stock of a closely held business with the discount rate based on the capital asset pricing model. Grabowski authors the annual Duff & Phelps Risk Premium Report.
