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Public Financial Holdings (HKSE:00626) Beta : 0.32 (As of May. 06, 2024)


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What is Public Financial Holdings Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-05-06), Public Financial Holdings's Beta is 0.32.


Public Financial Holdings Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for Public Financial Holdings's Beta can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
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Public Financial Holdings Beta Chart

Public Financial Holdings 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 0.41 0.79 0.81 0.51 0.27

Public Financial Holdings Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
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 0.81 0.85 0.51 0.34 0.27

Competitive Comparison of Public Financial Holdings's Beta

For the Banks - Regional subindustry, Public Financial Holdings'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.


Public Financial Holdings's Beta Distribution in the Banks Industry

For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, Public Financial Holdings's Beta distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Public Financial Holdings's Beta falls into.



Public Financial Holdings 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.


Public Financial Holdings  (HKSE:00626) 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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Public Financial Holdings (HKSE:00626) Business Description

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Address
120 Des Voeux Road Central, 2nd Floor, Public Bank Centre, Hong Kong, HKG
Public Financial Holdings Ltd is a Hong Kong-based investment and property holding company. It provides financial services. The Company operates through three segments. Retail and Commercial Banking segment includes deposit account services, property mortgages, and consumer lending, hire purchase and leasing, financing services, foreign exchange businesses, centralized cash management for deposit-taking and lending, interest rate risk management, and the overall funding management of the company. Wealth Management Services, Stock Broking and Securities Management segment includes the management of investment in debt securities and equities, the dealing and brokerage of securities, as well as wealth management products and services. Other segment includes trading and leasing taxis.

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