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Weichai Power Co (WBO:WI4) Beta : 0.67 (As of May. 15, 2024)


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What is Weichai Power Co Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-05-15), Weichai Power Co's Beta is 0.67.


Weichai Power Co Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for Weichai Power Co's Beta can be seen below:

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Weichai Power Co Beta Chart

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Weichai Power Co Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of Weichai Power Co's Beta

For the Specialty Industrial Machinery subindustry, Weichai Power 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.


Weichai Power Co's Beta Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Weichai Power Co's Beta distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Weichai Power Co's Beta falls into.



Weichai Power 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.


Weichai Power Co  (WBO:WI4) 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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Weichai Power Co (WBO:WI4) Business Description

Address
197, Section A, Fu Shou East Street, High Technology Industrial Development Zone, Shandong Province, Weifang, CHN, 261061
Weichai Power Co Ltd is an industrial technology company that offers vehicles, equipment, and logistics and supply chain services in China. The operating segments of the company are 1) Engines segment includes the manufacturing and sale of engines and related parts; 2) Automobiles and automobile components include the manufacturing and sale of automobiles and automobile components other than Engines; 3) Agricultural equipment includes the manufacturing and sale of agricultural equipment (complete machineries), agricultural machineries, agricultural vehicles and related parts; 4) Intelligent logistics includes forklift trucks production, warehousing technology and supply chain solution services.

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