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Komatsu (Komatsu) Beta : 1.08 (As of Apr. 30, 2024)


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What is Komatsu Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-04-30), Komatsu's Beta is 1.08.


Komatsu Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for Komatsu'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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Komatsu Beta Chart

Komatsu Annual Data
Trend Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24
Beta
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.65 1.39 1.04 0.96 1.08

Komatsu Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 0.96 0.98 1.03 1.11 1.08

Competitive Comparison of Komatsu's Beta

For the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery subindustry, Komatsu'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.


Komatsu's Beta Distribution in the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery Industry

For the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery industry and Industrials sector, Komatsu's Beta distribution charts can be found below:

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



Komatsu 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.


Komatsu  (OTCPK:KMTUY) 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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Komatsu (Komatsu) Business Description

Address
3-6 Akasaka 2-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JPN, 107-8414
Komatsu manufactures and sells construction, mining, utility, forestry, and industrial machinery. It also provides related services such as supplying parts, financing, and maintenance. Its major products are hydraulic excavators, bulldozers, wheel loaders, dump trucks, and motor graders, which focus on surface mining and construction. Through its subsidiary, Komatsu Mining (previously Joy Global before being acquired), the company manufactures and sells surface mining equipment like draglines as well as underground mining machinery such as continuous miners and blasthole drills. The company is headquartered in Tokyo.

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