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Alliance Trust (LSE:ATST) Beta : 0.80 (As of Apr. 29, 2024)


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What is Alliance Trust Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-04-29), Alliance Trust's Beta is 0.80.


Alliance Trust Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for Alliance Trust'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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Alliance Trust Beta Chart

Alliance Trust Annual Data
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Beta
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.84 0.94 - - -0.07

Alliance Trust Semi-Annual Data
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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 - - - - -0.07

Competitive Comparison of Alliance Trust's Beta

For the Asset Management subindustry, Alliance Trust'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.


Alliance Trust's Beta Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Alliance Trust's Beta distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Alliance Trust's Beta falls into.



Alliance Trust 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.


Alliance Trust  (LSE:ATST) 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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Alliance Trust (LSE:ATST) Business Description

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5 West Victoria Dock Road, Dundee, GBR, DD1 3JT
Alliance Trust PLC is a UK-based investment trust company. Its investment objective is to be a core investment for investors that delivers a real return over the long term through a combination of capital growth and a rising dividend. The Company invests in global equities across a wide range of different sectors and industries to achieve its objective.

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