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The Global Smaller Trust (LSE:GSCT) Beta : 1.20 (As of Mar. 24, 2025)


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What is The Global Smaller Trust Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2025-03-24), The Global Smaller Trust's Beta is 1.20.


The Global Smaller Trust Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for The Global Smaller Trust's Beta can be seen below:

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The Global Smaller Trust Beta Chart

The Global Smaller Trust Annual Data
Trend Apr15 Apr16 Apr17 Apr18 Apr19 Apr20 Apr21 Apr22 Apr23 Apr24
Beta
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.37 1.35 - - 1.30

The Global Smaller Trust Semi-Annual Data
Apr15 Oct15 Apr16 Oct16 Apr17 Oct17 Apr18 Oct18 Apr19 Oct19 Apr20 Oct20 Apr21 Oct21 Apr22 Oct22 Apr23 Oct23 Apr24 Oct24
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 - - 1.27 1.30 1.30

Competitive Comparison of The Global Smaller Trust's Beta

For the Asset Management subindustry, The Global Smaller Trust'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.


The Global Smaller Trust's Beta Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, The Global Smaller Trust's Beta distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where The Global Smaller Trust's Beta falls into.



The Global Smaller Trust 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.


The Global Smaller Trust  (LSE:GSCT) 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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The Global Smaller Trust Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
78 Cannon Street, Cannon Place, London, GBR, EC4N 6AG
The Global Smaller Companies Trust PLC offers investors access to a broad spread global smaller companies portfolio. Its investment objective is to invest in smaller companies worldwide to secure a high total return. The portfolio consists of individual smaller company investments within the US, UK, and European markets, and fund holdings targeting smaller companies in Japan, Asia, Latin America, and other smaller territories.

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