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Insurance Australia Group (Insurance Australia Group) Beta : 0.57 (As of Apr. 30, 2024)


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What is Insurance Australia Group Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-04-30), Insurance Australia Group's Beta is 0.57.


Insurance Australia Group Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for Insurance Australia Group's Beta can be seen below:

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Insurance Australia Group Beta Chart

Insurance Australia Group Annual Data
Trend Jun14 Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23
Beta
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.55 0.69 0.65 0.48 0.46

Insurance Australia Group Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 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 Premium Member Only 0.63 0.48 0.47 0.46 0.52

Competitive Comparison of Insurance Australia Group's Beta

For the Insurance - Property & Casualty subindustry, Insurance Australia 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.


Insurance Australia Group's Beta Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Insurance Australia Group's Beta distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Insurance Australia Group's Beta falls into.



Insurance Australia 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.


Insurance Australia Group  (OTCPK:IAUGY) 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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Insurance Australia Group (Insurance Australia Group) Business Description

Address
Darling Park, 201 Sussex Street, Level 13, Tower Two, Sydney, NSW, AUS, 2000
Insurance Australia Group is the biggest domestic general insurer by gross written premium operating in Australia and New Zealand. The key general insurance markets in which the company operates are home and contents, motor vehicle and compulsory third-party, and short-tail commercial. Insurance Australia Group sells insurance under several brands, including NRMA, CGU, SGIO, SGIC, WFI, and Swann in Australia, and NZI, State, AMI, and Lumley in New Zealand.