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Foschini Group (JSE:TFG) Beta : 0.43 (As of May. 01, 2024)


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What is Foschini Group Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-05-01), Foschini Group's Beta is 0.43.


Foschini Group Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for Foschini 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.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Foschini Group Beta Chart

Foschini Group Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Beta
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.04 1.27 1.18 1.09 0.34

Foschini Group Semi-Annual Data
Mar14 Sep14 Mar15 Sep15 Mar16 Sep16 Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23
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 -0.59 1.09 1.09 0.34 0.47

Competitive Comparison of Foschini Group's Beta

For the Specialty Retail subindustry, Foschini 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.


Foschini Group's Beta Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Foschini Group's Beta distribution charts can be found below:

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



Foschini 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.


Foschini Group  (JSE:TFG) 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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Foschini Group (JSE:TFG) Business Description

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Address
340 Voortrekker Road, Stanley Lewis Centre, Parow East, Cape Town, WC, ZAF, 7500
Foschini Group Ltd is a South African fashion retailer. The company offers ladieswear, footwear, accessories, cosmetics and fragrances, kidswear, homewares, sportswear, cellular and jewelry mainly in South Africa, as well as financial services. The Foschini Group portfolio consists of multiple brands, including @home, @homelivingpace, American Swiss, Sterns, Charles and Keith, Colette, DonnaClaire, Phase Eight, Soda Bloc, Duesouth, Exact, Fabiani, The Fix, Foschini, G-star Raw, hi, Markham, Mat and May, and Whistles. The Group consists of four operating segments: TFG Africa retail division, TFG London, TFG Australia, and Credit.

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