NYU Stern Damodaran Dataset
Industry-level valuation multiples, margins, betas, cost of capital, growth, and leverage for US public companies across 94 industries. Now ingested as 15 separate datasets across 5 metric families (multiples, fundamentals, cost of capital, growth, leverage) plus a 5-year historical archive (2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023) for the key headline metrics. Updated every January — the gold standard reference for public-market comparable transactions.
Latest snapshot
Rows in latest snapshot
91
Last refreshed
May 21, 2026
Cadence
annual
Coverage
94 industries × 15 metric families · 2015–present historical for key metrics
Total records
~96 industry rows × 15 datasets (current) + 25 historical files (5 metrics × 5 years)
Key fields
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multiples (EV/EBITDA, P/E, P/S, P/BV) -
fundamentals (Margins, ROE, CapEx) -
cost_of_cap (WACC, Beta, Tax Rate) -
growth (Historical + Fundamental Growth) -
leverage (Debt ratios, Dividend payout)
Use cases
- [Industry] EV/EBITDA multiple for deal comps
- WACC / discount rate by sector
- Operating margin benchmarks for LOI diligence
- Beta and risk premium by industry
- Year-over-year multiple compression / expansion (2015 → 2026)
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