Data Update 1 for 2025: The Draw (and Dangers) of Data! @AswathDamodaranonValuation
Data Update 1 for 2025: The Draw (and Dangers) of Data!  @AswathDamodaranonValuation
Uploaded January 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
We live in an age of data, where companies and investors seem to believe that data (with an assist from AI) can answer any question. I believe that data can help us make better decisions, but I don't believe that it can make those decisions, without the guidance of common sense and perspective. Every year, for the last three decades, I have collected data on all publicly traded companies in the world, and analyzed and aggregated the data to provide industry averages on dozens of corporate finance and valuation-related variables. The 2025 data update is now up and running, and I hope that you find a use for it somewhere in your work.
Slides: https://pages.stern.nyu.edu/~adamodar/pdfiles/blog/DataUpdate1for2025.pdf
Blog Post: aswathdamodaran.blogspot.com/2025/01/data-update-1-for-2025-draw-and-danger.html
Link to data: https://people.stern.nyu.edu/adamodar/New_Home_Page/datacurrent.html
Data Update 1 for 2025: The Draw (and Dangers) of Data!Session 17 (of 42): Investing on Hope - Introduction to Growth InvestingData Update 8 for 2026: Dividends and Buybacks - The Investing Harvest!Session 21: Valuing Privately owned businesses (not publicly listed)Session 24: IPO Closure and Introduction to Real OptionsSession 26 (Val Undergrad): Distressed Equity as an Option and Acquirers AnonymousAI Disruption: Doomsday Scenario or Fizzle?Chapter/Session 6: Business Investing across the Life CycleSession 9: Tax rates, Cap Ex and Working CapitalChapter/Session 18: Managing across the life cycleSession 26: Closing Thoughts (and a discourse of the value of control)Session 7 (of 42): Market Efficiency I - Laying the Groundwork
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Data Update 1 for 2025: The Draw (and Dangers) of Data!

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