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Ambac Financial Group (FRA:FGPN) Beta : 0.28 (As of May. 15, 2024)


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What is Ambac Financial Group Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-05-15), Ambac Financial Group's Beta is 0.28.


Ambac Financial Group Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for Ambac Financial Group's Beta can be seen below:

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Ambac Financial Group Beta Chart

Ambac Financial Group 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 0.57 1.14 1.38 0.99 0.50

Ambac Financial Group Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 0.62 0.53 0.52 0.50 0.27

Competitive Comparison of Ambac Financial Group's Beta

For the Insurance - Specialty subindustry, Ambac Financial Group'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.


Ambac Financial Group's Beta Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Ambac Financial Group's Beta distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Ambac Financial Group's Beta falls into.



Ambac Financial Group 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.


Ambac Financial Group  (FRA:FGPN) 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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Ambac Financial Group (FRA:FGPN) Business Description

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Address
One World Trade Center, New York, NY, USA, 10007
Ambac Financial Group Incis a financial services holding company. The business operations of the company include Legacy Financial Guarantee Insurance, Specialty Property and Casualty Insurance and Insurance Distribution. The Company has three reportable segments namely Legacy Financial Guarantee Insurance, Specialty Property and Casualty Insurance and Insurance Distribution. Majority of revenues are earned from Legacy Financial Guarantee Insurance segment.

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