Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-06-09), Viasystems Group's Beta is Not available.
Viasystems Group Beta Historical Data
The historical data trend for Viasystems Group'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. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
For the Electronic Components subindustry, Viasystems Group'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.
Viasystems Group's Beta Distribution in the Hardware Industry
For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Viasystems Group's Beta distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Viasystems Group's Beta falls into.
Viasystems Group 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.
Viasystems Group (FRA:VY7) 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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Viasystems Group Inc is a Delaware Corporation formed in August 28, 1996. The Company is a provider of complex multi-layer printed circuit boards (PCBs) and electromechanical solutions (E-M Solutions). Its segment includes Printed Circuit Boards, which includes PCB products; and Assembly, which includes E-M Solutions products and services. Printed circuit boards serve as the electronic backbone of all electronic equipment, and its E-M Solutions products and services integrate PCBs and other components into finished or semi-finished electronic equipment, which include custom and standard metal enclosures, metal cabinets, metal racks and sub-racks, backplanes, cable assemblies and busbars. Printed Circuit Boards serve all electronic equipment, providing the circuitry and mounting surfaces necessary to interconnect discrete electronic components, such as integrated circuits, capacitors and resistors. Electro-Mechanical Solutions include a products and services, mainly including assembly of backplanes, custom and standard metal enclosures, racks and sub-racks, cabinets, systems integration and assembly, final product testing and fulfillment. The Company's primary direct competitors are Compeq Manufacturing Co. Ltd., Flextronics Corporation, Gold Circuit Electronics Ltd., Kingboard Chemical Holdings Ltd., Nanya Technology Corp., Sanmina-SCI Corp. and TTM Technologies, Inc. It markets its products through its own sales and marketing organization and through relationships with independent sales agents around the world. Its sells its products to various end markets including Automotive, Industrial & instrumentation, Telecommunications, Computer and datacommunications, and Military and aerospace.
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