Real-world cost of capital data from across industries and around the globe The 2017 Valuation Handbook - International Industry Cost of Capital offers the same type of rigorous industry-level analysis published in the U.S.-centric Valuation Handbook - U.S. Industry Cost of Capital. It provides industry-level cost of capital estimates (cost of equity, cost of debt, and weighted average cost of capital, or WACC), plus detailed industry-level statistics for sales, market capitalization, capital structure, various levered and unlevered beta estimates (e.g., ordinary-least squares (OLS) beta, sum beta, peer group beta, downside beta, etc.), valuation (trading) multiples, financial and profitability ratios, equity returns, aggregate forward-looking earnings-per-share (EPS) growth rates, and more. For more information about Duff & Phelps valuation data published by Wiley, please visit www.wiley.com/go/valuationhandbooks. Also Available 2017 Valuation Handbook - International Guide to Cost of Capital 2017 Valuation Handbook - U.S. Guide to Cost of Capital 2017 Valuation Handbook - U.S. Industry Cost of Capital Key Features Four global economic regions: The 2017 Valuation Handbook - International Industry Cost of Capital includes industry-level analyses for four global economic regions: the "World," the European Union, the Eurozone, and the United Kingdom. Industries in the book are identified by their Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) code (at the 2-, 4-, and 6-digit code level). Three currencies: Each of the four global region's industry analyses are presented in three currencies: the Euro, the British pound, and the U.S. dollar.

Author Biography

Roger J. Grabowski is a managing director with Duff & Phelps. He is coauthor of Cost of Capital - Applications and Examples, Fifth Edition, The Lawyer's Guide to Cost of Capital, and Cost of Capital in Litigation. James P. Harrington is a director at Duff & Phelps. He is a leading contributor to Duff & Phelps' efforts in the development of studies, surveys, online content and tools, firm-wide valuation models, data distribution platforms, and published thought leadership. He is a coauthor of the Duff & Phelps "Valuation Handbook" series, a contributing author to Cost of Capital - Applications and Examples, Fifth Edition, and a Duff & Phelps contributor to the Stocks, Bonds, Bills, and Inflation (SBBI) Yearbook. Carla S. Nunes is a managing director in the Office of Professional Practice at Duff & Phelps, where she provides firm-wide technical guidance on a variety of valuation, financial reporting, and tax issues, with a particular focus on cost of capital. She is a coauthor of the Duff & Phelps "Valuation Handbook" series and a contributing author to Cost of Capital - Applications and Examples, Fifth Edition.