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Four Seasons Education (Cayman) (Four Seasons Education (Cayman)) Beta : -0.31 (As of Apr. 29, 2024)


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What is Four Seasons Education (Cayman) Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-04-29), Four Seasons Education (Cayman)'s Beta is -0.31.


Four Seasons Education (Cayman) Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for Four Seasons Education (Cayman)'s Beta can be seen below:

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Four Seasons Education (Cayman) Beta Chart

Four Seasons Education (Cayman) Annual Data
Trend Feb16 Feb17 Feb18 Feb19 Feb20 Feb21 Feb22 Feb23
Beta
Get a 7-Day Free Trial - - 0.44 -0.08 0.05

Four Seasons Education (Cayman) Semi-Annual Data
Feb16 Aug16 Feb17 Aug17 Feb18 Aug18 Feb19 Aug19 Feb20 Aug20 Feb21 Aug21 Feb22 Aug22 Feb23 Aug23
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 0.30 -0.08 0.14 0.05 -0.39

Competitive Comparison of Four Seasons Education (Cayman)'s Beta

For the Education & Training Services subindustry, Four Seasons Education (Cayman)'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.


Four Seasons Education (Cayman)'s Beta Distribution in the Education Industry

For the Education industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Four Seasons Education (Cayman)'s Beta distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Four Seasons Education (Cayman)'s Beta falls into.



Four Seasons Education (Cayman) 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.


Four Seasons Education (Cayman)  (NYSE:FEDU) 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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Four Seasons Education (Cayman) (Four Seasons Education (Cayman)) Business Description

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309 Yuyuan Road, Room 1301, Zi'an Building, Jing'an District, Shanghai, CHN, 200040
Four Seasons Education (Cayman) Inc is engaged in the provision of after-school education services for kindergarten, elementary and middle school students. The company is a comprehensive educational enterprise that provides research practice services, educational informatization equipment, high-quality educational resources, and teacher training, as well as a digital publishing business, and continues to expand in educational research and educational informatization.