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EMCHF (EML Payments) Beta : 0.34 (As of Dec. 11, 2024)


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What is EML Payments Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-12-11), EML Payments's Beta is 0.34.


EML Payments Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for EML Payments's Beta can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
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EML Payments Beta Chart

EML Payments 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 1.88 1.58 1.52 0.42 0.09

EML Payments 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 1.52 1.10 0.42 0.14 0.09

Competitive Comparison of EML Payments's Beta

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, EML Payments'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.


EML Payments's Beta Distribution in the Software Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where EML Payments's Beta falls into.



EML Payments 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.


EML Payments  (OTCPK:EMCHF) 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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EML Payments Business Description

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Address
333 Ann Street, Level 12, Brisbane, QLD, AUS, 4000
EML Payments is a financial technology company that operates across North America, Europe, and Australia. The firm builds the infrastructure for a customer to facilitate/accept payments via a prepaid card or in real-time. It makes money primarily via clipping a fee on payment transactions. It also earns fees from breakage, inactive accounts, cash establishments and interest on debit volumes. EML's payment solutions cater to a variety of applications including payouts, gifts, incentives, rewards, supplier payments, and more. The firm operates in three segments: gift and incentive, general purpose reloadable, and digital payments.