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Hubei Geoway Investment Co (SHSE:600462) Beta : 0.40 (As of Mar. 29, 2025)


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What is Hubei Geoway Investment Co Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2025-03-29), Hubei Geoway Investment Co's Beta is 0.40.


Hubei Geoway Investment Co Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for Hubei Geoway Investment Co's Beta can be seen below:

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Hubei Geoway Investment Co Beta Chart

Hubei Geoway Investment Co Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Beta
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.85 0.87 0.43 0.63 0.57

Hubei Geoway Investment Co Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
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 0.55 0.57 0.50 0.38 0.45

Competitive Comparison of Hubei Geoway Investment Co's Beta

For the Paper & Paper Products subindustry, Hubei Geoway Investment 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.


Hubei Geoway Investment Co's Beta Distribution in the Forest Products Industry

For the Forest Products industry and Basic Materials sector, Hubei Geoway Investment Co's Beta distribution charts can be found below:

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Hubei Geoway Investment 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.


Hubei Geoway Investment Co  (SHSE:600462) 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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Hubei Geoway Investment Co Business Description

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Address
No. 18 Shenlong Avenue, No. CT1001, Chuanggu Startup Zone, Taizi Lake Cultural Digital Creative Industry Park, Economic and Technological Development Zone, Hubei Province, Wuhan, CHN, 100022
Hubei Geoway Investment Co Ltd formerly Shenzhen Geoway Co Ltd is engaged in the production and sales of newsprint, offset paper, commercial pulp, book paper, electrostatic copy paper, toilet paper, and by-products.
Executives
Huang Tao Director
Zhang Yu Fei Director
Cao Fang Director
Zhu Wen Long Director
Xiao Zi Ran Director
Jin Xuan Yu Director

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