Damodaran Online: Data Sets
Free industry-level data on costs of capital, margins, multiples, reinvestment and payouts, plus Damodaran's country risk premiums and monthly implied equity risk premium. The standard free source for discount-rate and comparables inputs.
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Every January Aswath Damodaran rebuilds a large set of spreadsheets that summarize corporate finance and valuation data by industry and by region: betas and costs of capital, operating margins, effective tax rates, capital expenditures, working capital, debt ratios, dividends and buybacks, and pricing multiples. The 2026 update went up on January 9, and archived years let you track how any number has moved over time.
Two series get the most use on the Street. His implied equity risk premium for the S&P 500 is estimated monthly and backed by a history going to 1960, and his country default spreads and risk premiums table is the usual starting point for anyone valuing a business outside the US. Both come with his notes on method, so you can see exactly what goes into each figure.
Use it as a sanity check rather than an answer. When a model assumes margins or a multiple far outside the industry figure, you should be able to say why. Note that he no longer publishes company-level data, because his data providers no longer allow it.
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Current data (all categories)
The index to this year's industry tables, grouped by corporate finance, valuation and portfolio topics.
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Historical Implied Equity Risk Premiums
The annual history of the US implied equity risk premium since 1960, the series behind most of his discount-rate arguments.
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Country Default Spreads and Risk Premiums
The table to open first when you value a company with operations in emerging or frontier markets.
