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Macquarie Technology Group (ASX:MAQ) Beta : 0.62 (As of Mar. 25, 2025)


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What is Macquarie Technology Group Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2025-03-25), Macquarie Technology Group's Beta is 0.62.


Macquarie Technology Group Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for Macquarie Technology Group's Beta can be seen below:

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Macquarie Technology Group Beta Chart

Macquarie Technology Group Annual Data
Trend Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23 Jun24
Beta
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.01 1.00 1.26 0.70 0.86

Macquarie Technology Group Semi-Annual Data
Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23 Jun24 Dec24
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 1.13 0.70 0.87 0.86 0.68

Competitive Comparison of Macquarie Technology Group's Beta

For the Information Technology Services subindustry, Macquarie Technology Group'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.


Macquarie Technology Group's Beta Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Macquarie Technology Group's Beta distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Macquarie Technology Group's Beta falls into.



Macquarie Technology Group 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.


Macquarie Technology Group  (ASX:MAQ) 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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Macquarie Technology Group Business Description

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Address
2 Market Street, Level 15, Sydney, NSW, AUS, 2000
Macquarie Technology Group operates three business divisions. The telecom division is how the group first began in 1992, providing voice, mobile, and general connectivity and network security services to businesses utilizing its data network. The cloud services and government division leverages the group's data center facilities to provide cybersecurity, colocation services, public and private cloud, and storage services to corporate and government customers. In 2018, the data centers division was separately launched, providing sovereign data centers for governments, major hyperscalers, and large multinationals.

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