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Hyosung Chemical (XKRX:298000) Beta : 1.35 (As of Dec. 11, 2024)


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What is Hyosung Chemical Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-12-11), Hyosung Chemical's Beta is 1.35.


Hyosung Chemical Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for Hyosung Chemical's Beta can be seen below:

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Hyosung Chemical Beta Chart

Hyosung Chemical Annual Data
Trend Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Beta
Get a 7-Day Free Trial - - 0.21 1.78 1.58

Hyosung Chemical 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 1.61 1.58 1.41 1.32 1.38

Competitive Comparison of Hyosung Chemical's Beta

For the Chemicals subindustry, Hyosung Chemical'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.


Hyosung Chemical's Beta Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Hyosung Chemical's Beta distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Hyosung Chemical's Beta falls into.



Hyosung Chemical 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.


Hyosung Chemical  (XKRX:298000) 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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Hyosung Chemical Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
235 Banpo Road, Banpodong, Seocho-gu, Seoul, KOR, 06578
Hyosung Chemical Corp is engaged in the production of chemicals. The company offers PP/DH, PP-R for pipes, PP-B for Pipes, PP for the special film, and others.

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