Asset Beta
The beta of a firm's underlying business risk, stripped of capital-structure effects. Computed by unlevering each peer's observed equity beta using the Hamada formula. The asset beta is the cross-sectionally stable input that captures pure business risk; the equity beta a peer reports is the asset beta amplified by that peer's specific leverage choice. Averaging asset betas (not equity betas) is the disciplined way to build a peer-set anchor for cost-of-equity work on a target with a different capital structure than the peers.
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Ambiguity Aversion · Anchored Assumption · Bank ROE Spread · Banker Pitch Deck · Beta · Build-Up Method
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