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Edinburgh Investment Trust (The) (LSE:EDIN) Beta : 1.02 (As of May. 22, 2024)


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What is Edinburgh Investment Trust (The) Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-05-22), Edinburgh Investment Trust (The)'s Beta is 1.02.


Edinburgh Investment Trust (The) Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for Edinburgh Investment Trust (The)'s Beta can be seen below:

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Edinburgh Investment Trust (The) Beta Chart

Edinburgh Investment Trust (The) Annual Data
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Beta
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.71 1.06 1.27 - -

Edinburgh Investment Trust (The) Semi-Annual Data
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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 - - - - 0.12

Competitive Comparison of Edinburgh Investment Trust (The)'s Beta

For the Asset Management subindustry, Edinburgh Investment Trust (The)'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.


Edinburgh Investment Trust (The)'s Beta Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Edinburgh Investment Trust (The)'s Beta distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Edinburgh Investment Trust (The)'s Beta falls into.



Edinburgh Investment Trust (The) 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.


Edinburgh Investment Trust (The)  (LSE:EDIN) 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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Edinburgh Investment Trust (The) (LSE:EDIN) Business Description

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Edinburgh Investment Trust (The) PLC is an investment trust whose investment objective is to invest in UK securities. The company business consists of investing the pooled funds of its shareholders, according to a specified investment objective and policy, with the mission of spreading investment risk and generating a return for shareholders with the long-term objective of achieving an increase of the net asset value per share in excess of the growth in the FTSE All-Share Index and growth in dividends per share in excess of the rate of UK inflation.

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