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SGCFF (Sagicor Financial Co) Beta : -0.31 (As of Dec. 12, 2024)


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What is Sagicor Financial Co Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-12-12), Sagicor Financial Co's Beta is -0.31.


Sagicor Financial Co Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sagicor Financial Co's Beta can be seen below:

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Sagicor Financial Co Beta Chart

Sagicor Financial Co Annual Data
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Sagicor Financial Co Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of Sagicor Financial Co's Beta

For the Insurance - Life subindustry, Sagicor Financial Co'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.


Sagicor Financial Co's Beta Distribution in the Insurance Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Sagicor Financial Co's Beta falls into.



Sagicor Financial Co 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.


Sagicor Financial Co  (OTCPK:SGCFF) 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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Sagicor Financial Co Business Description

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Address
Cecil F De Caires Building, Wildey, Saint Michael, BRB, BB15096
Sagicor Financial Co Ltd is a financial services provider in the Caribbean. The firm offers various products and services, including life, health, and general insurance, annuities, pension administration, banking, and investment management. Sagicor operates through the following segments; Sagicor Jamaica, Sagicor Life USA, Sagicor Canada, and Sagicor Life. Geographically, the firm operates in Jamaica, the United States, Canada, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, and other countries in the Caribbean. The company derives a majority of its revenue from Canada.