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Brompton Lifeco Split (TSX:LCS) Beta

: 2.45 (As of Today)
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Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-04-18), Brompton Lifeco Split's Beta is 2.45.


Brompton Lifeco Split Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for Brompton Lifeco Split'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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Brompton Lifeco Split Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Beta
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.90 3.34 3.13 2.81 2.59

Brompton Lifeco Split Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
Beta 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.13 2.99 2.81 3.15 2.59

Competitive Comparison

For the Asset Management subindustry, Brompton Lifeco Split'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.


Brompton Lifeco Split Beta Distribution

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Brompton Lifeco Split's Beta distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Brompton Lifeco Split's Beta falls into.



Brompton Lifeco Split 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.


Brompton Lifeco Split  (TSX:LCS) 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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Brompton Lifeco Split (TSX:LCS) Business Description

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Address
181 Bay Street, Bay Wellington Tower, Suite 2930, Box 793, Brookfield Place, Toronto, ON, CAN, M5J 2T3
Brompton Lifeco Split Corp is a mutual fund corporation based in Canada. It invests in a portfolio comprised of common shares of major publicly traded Canadian life insurance companies. The Fund's objectives in managing its capital are to provide holders of Preferred shares with fixed, cumulative, preferential quarterly cash distributions and to return the original issue price to the holders of the shares on the maturity date, the terms of which may be extended for periods of up to five years as determined by the Board of Directors, and to provide holders of Class A shares with regular monthly cash distributions targeted to be $0.075 per share and the opportunity for growth in Net Asset Value per share.

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