Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-06-11), Franklin Financial Services's Beta is -0.16.
* 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.
Competitive Comparison of Franklin Financial Services's Beta
For the Banks - Regional subindustry, Franklin Financial Services'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.
Franklin Financial Services's Beta Distribution in the Banks Industry
For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, Franklin Financial Services's Beta distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Franklin Financial Services's Beta falls into.
Franklin Financial Services 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.
Franklin Financial Services (NAS:FRAF) 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)
Franklin Financial Services Beta Related Terms
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Franklin Financial Services (Franklin Financial Services) Business Description
Franklin Financial Services Corp is a bank holding company based in the United States. It is engaged in general commercial, retail banking and trust services normally associated with community banks. It offers a broad range of banking services to businesses, individuals, and governmental entities which includes accepting and maintaining checking, savings, and time deposit accounts, providing investment and trust services, making loans and providing safe deposit facilities. The bank also performs personal, corporate, pension and fiduciary services through its Investment and Trust Services Department.
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