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Smart Auto Australia (XNEC:SAL) Beta : -0.96 (As of Jun. 22, 2024)


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What is Smart Auto Australia Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-06-22), Smart Auto Australia's Beta is -0.96.


Smart Auto Australia Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for Smart Auto Australia's Beta can be seen below:

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Competitive Comparison of Smart Auto Australia's Beta

For the Rental & Leasing Services subindustry, Smart Auto Australia'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.


Smart Auto Australia's Beta Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Smart Auto Australia's Beta distribution charts can be found below:

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Smart Auto Australia 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.


Smart Auto Australia  (XNEC:SAL) 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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Smart Auto Australia (XNEC:SAL) Business Description

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1 Hok Yuen Street East, Room 1, 8th Floor, Fu Hang, Fu Hang Industrial Building, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, HKG, 2000
Smart Auto Australia Ltd is engaged in the provision of bus rental and management services and the trading of coaches, in Hong Kong.