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First Steamship Co (TPE:2601) Beta : 0.18 (As of Apr. 08, 2025)


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What is First Steamship Co Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2025-04-08), First Steamship Co's Beta is 0.18.


First Steamship Co Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for First Steamship Co's Beta can be seen below:

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First Steamship Co Beta Chart

First Steamship Co Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Beta
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.58 1.79 1.45 1.53 0.52

First Steamship Co Quarterly Data
Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24
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 1.53 1.43 0.69 0.58 0.52

Competitive Comparison of First Steamship Co's Beta

For the Department Stores subindustry, First Steamship 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.


First Steamship Co's Beta Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, First Steamship Co's Beta distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where First Steamship Co's Beta falls into.


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First Steamship 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.


First Steamship Co  (TPE:2601) 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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First Steamship Co Business Description

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Address
Fuxing S. Road, 14th Floor, No.237, Section 2, Daan District, Taipei, TWN, 106
First Steamship Co Ltd is Taiwan Taiwan-based company whose business activities include providing domestic and international marine transportation and related businesses, wholesale of vessels and related components, car and equipment rental, business management consultancy, department store retail industry, domestic and foreign investments, as well as development, rental, and sale of both residential and commercial buildings. It has the following reportable segments: Marine Transportation, Investment, Department Store, and the Rental segment. A majority of its revenue is generated from the Department Store segment which mainly retails general merchandise. The company's geographical markets include Taiwan, Mainland China, which derives key revenue, and other countries.

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