GURUFOCUS.COM » STOCK LIST » Financial Services » Insurance » Lasaco Assurance PLC (NSA:LASC) » Definitions » Beta

Lasaco Assurance (NSA:LASC) Beta : N/A (As of Jun. 24, 2024)


View and export this data going back to . Start your Free Trial

What is Lasaco Assurance Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-06-24), Lasaco Assurance's Beta is Not available.


Lasaco Assurance Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for Lasaco Assurance'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.

* Premium members only.

Lasaco Assurance Beta Chart

Lasaco Assurance Annual Data
Trend
Beta

Lasaco Assurance Quarterly Data
Beta

Competitive Comparison of Lasaco Assurance's Beta

For the Insurance - Diversified subindustry, Lasaco Assurance'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.


Lasaco Assurance's Beta Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Lasaco Assurance's Beta distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Lasaco Assurance's Beta falls into.



Lasaco Assurance 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.


Lasaco Assurance  (NSA:LASC) 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)


Lasaco Assurance Beta Related Terms

Thank you for viewing the detailed overview of Lasaco Assurance's Beta provided by GuruFocus.com. Please click on the following links to see related term pages.


Lasaco Assurance (NSA:LASC) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
Plot 16 Acme Road Ogba, P.O. Box 3724, LASACO House, Ikeja, Lagos, NGA
Lasaco Assurance PLC is an insurance and financial services company in Nigeria. The company offers motor, money, marine cargo and hull, aviation, bond, general accident, fire, burglary, liability, individual and group life insurance products & services. The Company also transacts insurance business for aviation, oil & gas and other special risks.

Lasaco Assurance (NSA:LASC) Headlines

No Headlines