Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-05-05), Cohen & Steers Infrastructure Fund's Beta is 0.95.
Cohen & Steers Infrastructure Fund Beta Historical Data
* 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 Cohen & Steers Infrastructure Fund's Beta
For the Asset Management subindustry, Cohen & Steers Infrastructure Fund'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.
Cohen & Steers Infrastructure Fund's Beta Distribution in the Asset Management Industry
For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Cohen & Steers Infrastructure Fund's Beta distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Cohen & Steers Infrastructure Fund's Beta falls into.
Cohen & Steers Infrastructure Fund 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.
Cohen & Steers Infrastructure Fund (NYSE:UTF) 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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Cohen & Steers Infrastructure Fund (Cohen & Steers Infrastructure Fund) Business Description
Cohen & Steers Infrastructure Fund Inc is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its primary investment objective is total return with an emphasis on income. The Fund invests at least 80% of its managed assets in securities issued by infrastructure companies, which consists of utilities, pipelines, toll roads, airports, railroads, ports, telecommunications companies, and other infrastructure companies, under normal market conditions.
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