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Svenska Cellulosa AB (OSTO:SCA B) Beta : 0.43 (As of Jun. 04, 2024)


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What is Svenska Cellulosa AB Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-06-04), Svenska Cellulosa AB's Beta is 0.43.


Svenska Cellulosa AB Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for Svenska Cellulosa AB's Beta can be seen below:

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Svenska Cellulosa AB Beta Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Svenska Cellulosa AB's Beta

For the Lumber & Wood Production subindustry, Svenska Cellulosa AB's Beta, along with its competitors' market caps and Beta data, can be viewed below:

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Svenska Cellulosa AB's Beta Distribution in the Forest Products Industry

For the Forest Products industry and Basic Materials sector, Svenska Cellulosa AB's Beta distribution charts can be found below:

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Svenska Cellulosa AB 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.


Svenska Cellulosa AB  (OSTO:SCA B) 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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Svenska Cellulosa AB (OSTO:SCA B) Business Description

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Skepparplatsen 1, Sundsvall, SWE, SE-851 88
Svenska Cellulosa AB is Europe's private forest owner, engaged in four business segments; the Forest segment supplies its industries with timber. The segment includes managing and harvesting on its own forest land, sourcing timber from other forest owners, and transporting the timber to its industries, The Wood segment includes five sawmills in northern Sweden and wood processing and distribution to the building materials trade in Sweden and France, The Pulp segment encompasses the production and sale of bleached softwood kraft pulp (NBSK) and chemi-thermomechanical pulp (CTMP), which are produced at the Ostrand pulp mill, and The Containerboard segment includes packaging paper with kraft liner manufacturing at the Obbola and Munksund paper mills.

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