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Wizz Air Holdings (Wizz Air Holdings) Beta : 0.70 (As of Apr. 28, 2024)


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What is Wizz Air Holdings Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-04-28), Wizz Air Holdings's Beta is 0.70.


Wizz Air Holdings Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for Wizz Air Holdings'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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Wizz Air Holdings Beta Chart

Wizz Air Holdings Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Beta
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - 1.78 2.13 1.92 1.15

Wizz Air Holdings Quarterly Data
Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Dec23
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 1.97 1.65 1.42 1.15 0.70

Competitive Comparison of Wizz Air Holdings's Beta

For the Airlines subindustry, Wizz Air Holdings'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.


Wizz Air Holdings's Beta Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Wizz Air Holdings's Beta distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Wizz Air Holdings's Beta falls into.



Wizz Air Holdings 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.


Wizz Air Holdings  (OTCPK:WZZAF) 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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Wizz Air Holdings (Wizz Air Holdings) Business Description

Address
44 The Esplanade, Saint Helier, JEY, JE4 9WG
Wizz Air Holdings PLC is one of the fastest-growing airlines in Europe focusing on the Central and Eastern European region. The company employs a low-cost no-frills model to offer low fares to leisure customers on short-haul routes. Geographically, it derives a majority of its revenue from EU regions.

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