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HG Metal Manufacturing (SGX:BTG) Beta : 0.53 (As of Jun. 08, 2024)


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What is HG Metal Manufacturing Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-06-08), HG Metal Manufacturing's Beta is 0.53.


HG Metal Manufacturing Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for HG Metal Manufacturing'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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HG Metal Manufacturing Beta Chart

HG Metal Manufacturing Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Beta
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -0.28 0.08 0.27 0.61 0.82

HG Metal Manufacturing Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
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 0.27 0.54 0.61 0.46 0.82

Competitive Comparison of HG Metal Manufacturing's Beta

For the Steel subindustry, HG Metal Manufacturing'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.


HG Metal Manufacturing's Beta Distribution in the Steel Industry

For the Steel industry and Basic Materials sector, HG Metal Manufacturing's Beta distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where HG Metal Manufacturing's Beta falls into.



HG Metal Manufacturing 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.


HG Metal Manufacturing  (SGX:BTG) 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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HG Metal Manufacturing (SGX:BTG) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
28 Jalan Buroh, Singapore, SGP, 619484
HG Metal Manufacturing Ltd is involved in the steel business. The company has business units which include HG Distribution, HG Construction Steel, HG Coupler, and Thread. The operating segment of the company is Trading Segment, Manufacturing Segment, and Others. The trading segment is a supplier of steel products and includes the holding of investments in subsidiaries in the business of steel distribution and provision of industrial steel services. The manufacturing segment produces construction steel products and provides related engineering services. Others include those which do not fall in the trading and manufacturing segment. The majority is from the manufacturing segment. Geographically, the majority is derived from Singapore.