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Asia Amalgamated Holdings (PHS:AAA) Beta : 0.49 (As of Jun. 18, 2024)


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What is Asia Amalgamated Holdings Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-06-18), Asia Amalgamated Holdings's Beta is 0.49.


Asia Amalgamated Holdings Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for Asia Amalgamated Holdings'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.

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Asia Amalgamated Holdings Beta Chart

Asia Amalgamated Holdings Annual Data
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Beta
- - - 0.64 -4.01

Asia Amalgamated Holdings Quarterly Data
Dec08 Mar09 Jun09 Sep09 Dec09 Mar10 Jun10 Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Mar13 Jun13 Mar14 Jun14
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 -4.11 -4.25 -2.99 -2.09 -2.22

Competitive Comparison of Asia Amalgamated Holdings's Beta

For the Conglomerates subindustry, Asia Amalgamated Holdings'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.


Asia Amalgamated Holdings's Beta Distribution in the Conglomerates Industry

For the Conglomerates industry and Industrials sector, Asia Amalgamated Holdings's Beta distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Asia Amalgamated Holdings's Beta falls into.



Asia Amalgamated Holdings 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.


Asia Amalgamated Holdings  (PHS:AAA) 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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Asia Amalgamated Holdings (PHS:AAA) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
Uniwide, 1695 Rizal Avenue Extension, Grace Park, Caloocan, PHL
Asia Amalgamated Holdings Corp primary purpose to that of a holding company. It made significant investments in various businesses such as financial and banking services, distribution of household water filtration equipment and industrial waste water treatment, water transport services, and non-life insurance brokerage.

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