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Ashley Services Group (ASX:ASH) Beta : 0.72 (As of May. 16, 2024)


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What is Ashley Services Group Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-05-16), Ashley Services Group's Beta is 0.72.


Ashley Services Group Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for Ashley Services Group's Beta can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
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Ashley Services Group Beta Chart

Ashley Services Group Annual Data
Trend Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23
Beta
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only 0.62 2.01 1.70 1.76 0.92

Ashley Services Group Semi-Annual Data
Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
Beta Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.70 1.76 1.69 0.92 0.62

Competitive Comparison of Ashley Services Group's Beta

For the Staffing & Employment Services subindustry, Ashley Services Group's Beta, along with its competitors' market caps and Beta data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Ashley Services Group's Beta Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Ashley Services Group's Beta distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Ashley Services Group's Beta falls into.



Ashley Services Group Beta Calculation

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. A stock's beta can be calculated by dividing the product of the covariance of the individual stock's returns and the market's returns by the variance of the market's returns over a specified period. Basically, GuruFocus uses the returns calculated over three-year period.


Ashley Services Group  (ASX:ASH) Beta Explanation

Beta is a measure of the volatility, or systematic risk, of a security or a portfolio in comparison to the market as a whole. We usually compare beta to 1. A beta of 1 indicates that the security's price will move with the market. A beta of less than 1 means that the security will be less volatile than the market. A beta of greater than 1 indicates that the security's price will be more volatile than the market.

Beta is primarily used in the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) to calculate the Cost of Equity, which can be used in the calculation of WACC %. The formula of Cost of Equity is:
Cost of Equity = Risk-Free Rate of Return + Beta of Asset * (Expected Return of the Market - Risk-Free Rate of Return)


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Ashley Services Group (ASX:ASH) Business Description

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Address
92 Pitt Street, Level 10, Sydney, NSW, AUS, 2000
Ashley Services Group Ltd is engaged in staffing services. The group operates in two operating segments namely Labour hire and Training. The group derives maximum revenue from providing labour-hire services. In labour-hire division, the company has candidates who are able to start work within one hour of the request and run a year-round national operation with dedicated after-hours in-house consultants. Its labour-hire brands to include Action Workforce and Concept Engineering. The organization operates in Australia.

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