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Gulf Bank KSC (KUW:GBK) Beta : N/A (As of Mar. 23, 2025)


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What is Gulf Bank KSC Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2025-03-23), Gulf Bank KSC's Beta is Not available.


Gulf Bank KSC Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for Gulf Bank KSC's Beta can be seen below:

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Gulf Bank KSC Beta Chart

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Gulf Bank KSC Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of Gulf Bank KSC's Beta

For the Banks - Regional subindustry, Gulf Bank KSC'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.


Gulf Bank KSC's Beta Distribution in the Banks Industry

For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, Gulf Bank KSC's Beta distribution charts can be found below:

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Gulf Bank KSC 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.


Gulf Bank KSC  (KUW:GBK) 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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Gulf Bank KSC Business Description

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Address
Mubarak Al Kabir Street, P. O. Box 3200, Safat, Kuwait, KWT, 13032
Gulf Bank KSC is predominantly a Kuwait-based banking service company. The bank's business activities are mapped into two business lines which are Commercial Banking, and Treasury & Investments. Commercial Banking engages in the acceptance of deposits from individuals, corporate, and institutional customers, and providing consumer loans, overdrafts, credit card facilities, and funds transfer facilities to individuals; and other credit facilities to corporate and institutional customers. The Treasury & Investments segment provides money market, trading, and treasury services, as well as the management of the Bank's funding operations by use of Kuwait Government treasury bonds, government securities, placements, and acceptances with other banks.

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