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A P Moller Maersk AS (CHIX:MAERAC) Beta : 0.69 (As of Mar. 17, 2025)


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What is A P Moller Maersk AS Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2025-03-17), A P Moller Maersk AS's Beta is 0.69.


A P Moller Maersk AS Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for A P Moller Maersk AS's Beta can be seen below:

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A P Moller Maersk AS Beta Chart

A P Moller Maersk AS Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Beta
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.34 - - 1.06 1.00

A P Moller Maersk AS Quarterly Data
Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 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 1.06 0.94 0.82 0.94 1.00

Competitive Comparison of A P Moller Maersk AS's Beta

For the Marine Shipping subindustry, A P Moller Maersk AS'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.


A P Moller Maersk AS's Beta Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, A P Moller Maersk AS's Beta distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where A P Moller Maersk AS's Beta falls into.



A P Moller Maersk AS 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.


A P Moller Maersk AS  (CHIX:MAERAc) 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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A P Moller Maersk AS Business Description

Address
Esplanaden 50, Copenhagen, DNK, 1263
Denmark-listed A.P. Moller-Maersk operates trade, shipping, logistics and terminal assets globally. The oceans segment, the largest contributor to group revenue and earnings, has the second-largest oceangoing shipping capacity globally. Maersk has acquired several logistics firms in the past couple of years and plans for the segment to be the company's growth engine. Over the past few years, Maersk has divested noncore operations, such as its long-standing stakes in Danske Bank and Dansk Supermarked as well as its oil and gas operations and ocean towing.

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