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Steamships Trading Co (ASX:SST) Beta : 0.29 (As of Dec. 12, 2024)


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What is Steamships Trading Co Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-12-12), Steamships Trading Co's Beta is 0.29.


Steamships Trading Co Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for Steamships Trading Co's Beta can be seen below:

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Steamships Trading Co Beta Chart

Steamships Trading Co 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 -0.06 0.48 0.59 0.56 0.46

Steamships Trading Co Semi-Annual Data
Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23 Jun24
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 0.60 0.56 0.39 0.46 0.31

Competitive Comparison of Steamships Trading Co's Beta

For the Integrated Freight & Logistics subindustry, Steamships Trading Co'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.


Steamships Trading Co's Beta Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Steamships Trading Co's Beta distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Steamships Trading Co's Beta falls into.



Steamships Trading Co 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.


Steamships Trading Co  (ASX:SST) 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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Steamships Trading Co Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
345, Stanley Esplanade, Section 20, Allotments 3, 4 and 5, Level 2 Granville, PO Box 1, National Capital District, Port Moresby, PNG, NCD 121
Steamships Trading Co Ltd is a diversified holding company. The company's operating segment includes Property and hospitality, Logistics, and Commercial & investment. It generates maximum revenue from the Logistics segment, which consists of shipping and land-based freight transport and related services divisions. The Property and hospitality segment consists of the hotels owned and operated by the group and also its property leasing division and Commercial and investment - which consists of commercial, head office administration function and insurance activities The group operates in Papua New Guinea.