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First Greenwich Financial (First Greenwich Financial) Beta : -0.17 (As of May. 21, 2024)


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What is First Greenwich Financial Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-05-21), First Greenwich Financial's Beta is -0.17.


First Greenwich Financial Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for First Greenwich Financial's Beta can be seen below:

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Competitive Comparison of First Greenwich Financial's Beta

For the Banks - Regional subindustry, First Greenwich Financial'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.


First Greenwich Financial's Beta Distribution in the Banks Industry

For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, First Greenwich Financial's Beta distribution charts can be found below:

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First Greenwich Financial 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.


First Greenwich Financial  (OTCPK:FGFI) 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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First Greenwich Financial (First Greenwich Financial) Business Description

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444 East Putnam Avenue, Cos Cob, CT, USA, 06807
First Greenwich Financial Inc is a United States-based company engaged in attracting deposits from the general public and investing those deposits in residential & commercial real estate loans and consumer & small business loans. It offers services including Certificate of Deposit, Checking, Courier Service, Online Banking, Retirement Accounts, and Lending services, among others.

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