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Box Ships (Box Ships) Beta : 44.75 (As of May. 11, 2024)


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What is Box Ships Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-05-11), Box Ships's Beta is 44.75.


Box Ships Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for Box Ships'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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Box Ships Beta Chart

Box Ships Annual Data
Trend Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16
Beta
Get a 7-Day Free Trial - - 1.50 0.73 -0.05

Box Ships Quarterly Data
Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Dec16
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 0.87 0.83 0.87 0.73 -0.05

Competitive Comparison of Box Ships's Beta

For the Marine Shipping subindustry, Box Ships'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.


Box Ships's Beta Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Box Ships's Beta distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Box Ships's Beta falls into.



Box Ships 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.


Box Ships  (OTCPK:TEUFF) 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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Box Ships (Box Ships) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
15, Karamanli Avenue, Voula, GRC, GR 16673
Box Ships Inc is a shipping company specializing in the transportation of containers and the provision of commercial management services to shipping companies. The time charter generates maximum revenue for the company.

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