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American Education Center (American Education Center) Beta : -2.72 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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What is American Education Center Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-04-27), American Education Center's Beta is -2.72.


American Education Center Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for American Education Center's Beta can be seen below:

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American Education Center Beta Chart

American Education Center Annual Data
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Beta
Get a 7-Day Free Trial - - - -0.01 0.30

American Education Center Quarterly 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 0.38 0.26 0.30 0.31 0.08

Competitive Comparison of American Education Center's Beta

For the Consulting Services subindustry, American Education Center'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.


American Education Center's Beta Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, American Education Center's Beta distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where American Education Center's Beta falls into.



American Education Center 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.


American Education Center  (OTCPK:AMCT) 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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American Education Center (American Education Center) Business Description

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Address
1 Rockefeller Plaza, 10th Floor, New York, NY, USA, 10020
American Education Center Inc is a United States-based company engaged in the providing of consulting services. Its Consulting services include Placement Advisory Services, Career Advisory Services, Student & Family Advisory Services, and Other Advisory Services. The company operates in two segments namely AEC New York segment and AEC BVI segment. The majority of the revenue is generated from the AEC New York segment which capitalizes middle-class families in China for quality education and works experiences in the United States( US) and delivers customized high school and college placement and career advisory services to Chinese students wishing to study in the US.