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Empiric Student Property (LSE:ESP) Beta : 0.93 (As of May. 25, 2024)


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What is Empiric Student Property Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-05-25), Empiric Student Property's Beta is 0.93.


Empiric Student Property Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for Empiric Student Property's Beta can be seen below:

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Empiric Student Property Beta Chart

Empiric Student Property Annual Data
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Beta
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only 0.45 1.24 - - -0.60

Empiric Student Property 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 - - - - -0.60

Competitive Comparison of Empiric Student Property's Beta

For the REIT - Residential subindustry, Empiric Student Property'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.


Empiric Student Property's Beta Distribution in the REITs Industry

For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, Empiric Student Property's Beta distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Empiric Student Property's Beta falls into.



Empiric Student Property 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.


Empiric Student Property  (LSE:ESP) 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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Empiric Student Property (LSE:ESP) Business Description

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Address
72 Borough High Street, 1st Floor Hop Yard Studios, London, GBR, SE1 1XF
Empiric Student Property PLC is a real estate company. It is engaged in investing in and managing premium purpose-built student accommodation in central locations in prime university cities and towns in the United Kingdom. Its investment portfolio includes Centro Court, Canal Bridge, Brook Studios, James House, and Edge Apartments among others. The company earns operating revenue from student accommodation rental.