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SMGZY (Smiths Group) Beta : 0.86 (As of Dec. 14, 2024)


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What is Smiths Group Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-12-14), Smiths Group's Beta is 0.86.


Smiths Group Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for Smiths Group'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.
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Smiths Group Beta Chart

Smiths Group Annual Data
Trend Jul15 Jul16 Jul17 Jul18 Jul19 Jul20 Jul21 Jul22 Jul23 Jul24
Beta
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.05 1.08 0.95 0.84 0.71

Smiths Group Semi-Annual Data
Jan15 Jul15 Jan16 Jul16 Jan17 Jul17 Jan18 Jul18 Jan19 Jul19 Jan20 Jul20 Jan21 Jul21 Jan22 Jul22 Jan23 Jul23 Jan24 Jul24
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 0.95 0.94 0.84 0.78 0.71

Competitive Comparison of Smiths Group's Beta

For the Specialty Industrial Machinery subindustry, Smiths Group'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.


Smiths Group's Beta Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Smiths Group's Beta distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Smiths Group's Beta falls into.



Smiths Group 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.


Smiths Group  (OTCPK:SMGZY) 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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Smiths Group Business Description

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Address
255 Blackfriars Road, Level 10, Arbor, Bankside Yards, London, GBR, SE1 9AX
Smiths Group PLC manufacture niche products in security- or safety-sensitive industries. The company is organized into four major business segments: John Crane: mechanical seals, seal support systems, power transmission couplings and specialized filtration systems, Smiths Detection: sensors and systems that detect and identify explosives, narcotics, weapons, chemical agents, biohazards and contraband, Flex-Tek: engineered components, flexible hosing and rigid tubing that heat and move fluids and gases, Smiths Interconnect.