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OUTsurance Group (JSE:OUT) Beta : 0.29 (As of May. 21, 2024)


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What is OUTsurance Group Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-05-21), OUTsurance Group's Beta is 0.29.


OUTsurance Group Beta Historical Data

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

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OUTsurance Group Beta Chart

OUTsurance 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 0.51 0.89 0.87 0.77 0.32

OUTsurance Group Semi-Annual Data
Dec13 Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23
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 0.87 0.78 0.77 0.52 0.32

Competitive Comparison of OUTsurance Group's Beta

For the Insurance - Diversified subindustry, OUTsurance 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.


OUTsurance Group's Beta Distribution in the Insurance Industry

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

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



OUTsurance 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.


OUTsurance Group  (JSE:OUT) 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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OUTsurance Group (JSE:OUT) Business Description

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Address
1241 Embankment Road, Zwartkop Ext 7, Centurion, GT, ZAF, 0157
OUTsurance Group Ltd is a South African investment holding company with the objective of achieving superior returns for investors. The company mainly engaged in healthcare funding, wellness, and financial services industries, employee benefits, investment and savings, healthcare solutions and short-term insurance to individual clients, small and medium businesses, large companies, organizations and public enterprises through investments in Discovery Limited, MMI Holdings Limited, OUTsurance Holdings Limited and RMB-SI investments proprietary Ltd. It holds a number of brands such as Discovery Health, Discovery Life, Discovery Invest, Momentum, and Ping An Health. The company earns a majority of its revenue South Africa.