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Is the Beta value in the DCF valuation an average?

Is the Beta value in the DCF valuation an average?

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Yes it is initially considered as the average of comparable listed companies and is hen un-levered and levered to get the appropriate beta value.

Beta is systematic risk which is calculated by finding the correlation of the company with respect to the market.

The beta of an unlisted company is taken from the average of the the comparable listed companies adjusted for the debt structure of the respective company and its peers by un-levering the average beta values of the the listed peer companies and then levering the average calculated beta of listed peer companies with the unlisted companies debt structure.  

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