GCC valuation database · industry averages from audited accounts

1.1 Discount Rate Fundamentals

The inputs to each industry's discount rate: risk-free rate, equity risk premium, levered and unlevered beta, and the costs of equity and capital they produce.

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Industry averages · one fiscal year at a time · FY2025

FY2025
IndustryCompaniesRisk-free rateEquity risk premiumLevered betaUnlevered betaCost of equityAfter-tax cost of debtWACC
Telecom35.3%5.0%0.940.8310.8%6.6%10.3%
Mills45.3%5.0%0.950.6910.8%4.5%9.0%
Car Rental35.3%5.0%1.080.6811.5%6.3%9.5%
Manpower45.3%5.0%1.050.9911.3%11.7%11.3%
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Unlevered beta = levered beta ÷ (1 + (1 - tax rate) × debt ÷ equity), with debt and equity weighted as in WACC: at market value once a company is listed, at book value before.

Industry averages from the companies' audited annual reports. A dash means the figure is not available yet.