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Korea Gas (XKRX:036460) Beta : 0.79 (As of Mar. 14, 2025)


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What is Korea Gas Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2025-03-14), Korea Gas's Beta is 0.79.


Korea Gas Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for Korea Gas'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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Korea Gas Beta Chart

Korea Gas 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 0.90 1.06 1.11 0.92 0.63

Korea Gas Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
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 0.56 0.63 0.57 0.91 1.00

Competitive Comparison of Korea Gas's Beta

For the Utilities - Regulated Gas subindustry, Korea Gas'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 Gas's Beta Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, Korea Gas's Beta distribution charts can be found below:

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



Korea Gas 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 Gas  (XKRX:036460) 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 Gas Business Description

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Address
215 Jeongja-dong, Bundang-gu, Seongnam, KOR, 463-754
Korea Gas Corp is a Korean natural gas utility company. The Government of Korea holds a majority stake in the firm. Korea Gas Corp holds a monopoly as the country's only natural gas distributor with a nationwide network of pipelines and storage tanks. The company segments its operations into Domestic Business and Overseas Business units. The Domestic Business division encompasses Korea Gas' liquefied natural gas (LNG) purchasing, supply, storage, and pipeline distributing activities. The company primarily buys natural gas from Middle Eastern and Southeast Asian sources. Korea Gas' total revenue is split fairly evenly between the sale of natural gas to urban consumers and to the power sector. Korean housing and industrial customers represent the majority of the firm's customer base.

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