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Africa Opportunity Fund (LSE:AOF) Beta : -0.31 (As of Mar. 24, 2025)


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What is Africa Opportunity Fund Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2025-03-24), Africa Opportunity Fund's Beta is -0.31.


Africa Opportunity Fund Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for Africa Opportunity Fund's Beta can be seen below:

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Africa Opportunity Fund Beta Chart

Africa Opportunity Fund Annual Data
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Beta
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.18 0.20 - - 0.24

Africa Opportunity Fund Semi-Annual Data
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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 - - - 0.24 0.36

Competitive Comparison of Africa Opportunity Fund's Beta

For the Asset Management subindustry, Africa Opportunity Fund'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.


Africa Opportunity Fund's Beta Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Africa Opportunity Fund's Beta distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Africa Opportunity Fund's Beta falls into.



Africa Opportunity Fund 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.


Africa Opportunity Fund  (LSE:AOF) 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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Africa Opportunity Fund Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
South Church Street, P.O. Box 309, George Town, Ugland House, Grand Cayman, CYM
Africa Opportunity Fund Ltd operates in the United Kingdom's financial service sector and is a closed-end investment company formed with the objective of achieving capital growth and income through investments in value, arbitrage, and special situations opportunities derived from the continent of Africa. The Company is organized into one main operating segment, which invests in equity securities, debt instruments, and relative derivatives. All of the Company's activities are interrelated, and each activity is dependent on the others.

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