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Control premium

The addition to the price of a stake that carries the right to run the company: appoint management, set dividends, dispose of assets.

How to read the number

The gap between the value of a controlling block and the value of an equally sized block that carries no control.

When the metric lies

The premium exists only where control genuinely changes hands. Buying a stake without blocking rights does not create it.

Also known as: premium for control

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