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Kings Town Bank (TPE:2809) Beta : -0.06 (As of Mar. 26, 2025)


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What is Kings Town Bank Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2025-03-26), Kings Town Bank's Beta is -0.06.


Kings Town Bank Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for Kings Town Bank's Beta can be seen below:

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Kings Town Bank Beta Chart

Kings Town Bank 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 0.85 0.83 0.72 0.55 0.65

Kings Town Bank 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 0.55 0.66 0.64 0.65 0.65

Competitive Comparison of Kings Town Bank's Beta

For the Banks - Regional subindustry, Kings Town Bank'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.


Kings Town Bank's Beta Distribution in the Banks Industry

For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, Kings Town Bank's Beta distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Kings Town Bank's Beta falls into.


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Kings Town Bank 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.


Kings Town Bank  (TPE:2809) 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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Kings Town Bank Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
No. 506, Ximen Road, Section 1, West Central District, Tainan, TWN
Kings Town Bank provides banking products and services to its customers in Taiwan. The company's main business services are accepting check deposits, accepting other deposits, issuing financial bonds, handling loans, handling bill discounts, handling various investment businesses, handling domestic and foreign exchange, handling draft acceptance, issuing domestic and foreign letters of credit, handling domestic and foreign guarantees, handling collections and advances, and other business chartered by the government.

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