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Eaton Vance Floating-rateome Trust (Eaton Vance Floating-rateome Trust) Beta : 0.48 (As of May. 11, 2024)


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What is Eaton Vance Floating-rateome Trust Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-05-11), Eaton Vance Floating-rateome Trust's Beta is 0.48.


Eaton Vance Floating-rateome Trust Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for Eaton Vance Floating-rateome Trust's Beta can be seen below:

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Eaton Vance Floating-rateome Trust Beta Chart

Eaton Vance Floating-rateome Trust Annual Data
Trend May18 May19 May20 May21 May22 May23
Beta
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 0.38 0.68 -0.11 0.68 0.46

Eaton Vance Floating-rateome Trust Semi-Annual Data
Nov17 May18 Nov18 May19 Nov19 May20 Nov20 May21 Nov21 May22 Nov22 May23 Nov23
Beta Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.67 0.68 0.64 0.46 0.47

Competitive Comparison of Eaton Vance Floating-rateome Trust's Beta

For the Asset Management subindustry, Eaton Vance Floating-rateome Trust'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.


Eaton Vance Floating-rateome Trust's Beta Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Eaton Vance Floating-rateome Trust's Beta distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Eaton Vance Floating-rateome Trust's Beta falls into.



Eaton Vance Floating-rateome Trust 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.


Eaton Vance Floating-rateome Trust  (NYSE:EFT) 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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Eaton Vance Floating-rateome Trust (Eaton Vance Floating-rateome Trust) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
Two International Place, Boston, MA, USA, 02110
Eaton Vance Floating-rate Income Trust is a closed-end management investment company. The company's objective is to provide a high level of current income and its secondary objective is capital appreciation.
Executives
Kenneth A Topping officer: President TWO INTERNATIONAL PLACE, BOSTON MA 02110
Anchal Pachnanda officer: Officer TWO INTERNATIONAL PLACE, BOSTON MA 02110
Alan C. Bowser other: Trustee TWO INTERNATIONAL PLACE, BOSTON MA 02110
Nicholas Dilorenzo officer: Secretary TWO INTERNATIONAL PLACE, BOSTON MA 02110
Keith Quinton other: Trustee TWO INTERNATIONAL PLACE, BOSTON MA 02110
Sarah Anne Choi other: Portfolio Manager TWO INTERNATIONAL PLACE, BOSTON MA 02110
Nancy A Wiser other: Trustee WELLS FARGO FUNDS MANAGEMENT, 200 BERKELEY STREET, 19TH FLOOR, BOSTON MA 02116
Jill Damon officer: Secretary TWO INTERNATIONAL PLACE, BOSTON MA 02110
Kimberly M Roessiger officer: Secretary TWO INTERNATIONAL PLACE, BOSTON MA 02110
Saba Capital Management, L.p. 10 percent owner 405 LEXINGTON AVENUE, 58TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10174
Deidre E Walsh officer: Vice President TWO INTERNATIONAL PLACE, BOSTON MA 02110
Eric Stein officer: President TWO INTERNATIONAL PLACE, BOSTON MA 02110
Boaz Weinstein 10 percent owner 405 LEXINGTON AVENUE, 58TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10174
Catherine Mcdermott other: Portfolio Manager 255 STATE STREET, BOSTON MA 02109
Andrew Sveen other: Portfolio Manager 255 STATE STREET, BOSTON MA 02109