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Korea Engineering Consultants (XKRX:023350) Beta : 1.09 (As of Sep. 23, 2024)


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What is Korea Engineering Consultants Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-09-23), Korea Engineering Consultants's Beta is 1.09.


Korea Engineering Consultants Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for Korea Engineering Consultants'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.
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Korea Engineering Consultants Beta Chart

Korea Engineering Consultants Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Beta
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.85 1.58 1.29 1.19 1.51

Korea Engineering Consultants Quarterly Data
Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24
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 1.43 1.45 1.51 1.31 1.13

Competitive Comparison of Korea Engineering Consultants's Beta

For the Engineering & Construction subindustry, Korea Engineering Consultants'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.


Korea Engineering Consultants's Beta Distribution in the Construction Industry

For the Construction industry and Industrials sector, Korea Engineering Consultants's Beta distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Korea Engineering Consultants's Beta falls into.



Korea Engineering Consultants 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.


Korea Engineering Consultants  (XKRX:023350) 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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Korea Engineering Consultants Business Description

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Address
4845, Geumgwang-Dong, Jungwon-Gu, Seongnam, Gyeonggi, KOR, 462-240
Korea Engineering Consultants Corp operates in the engineering and construction industry in South Korea. The business areas of the company are roads, highways, airports, railroads, water supply, bridges, urban planning, construction, and supervision.

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