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Pacific & Orient Bhd (XKLS:6009) Beta : 0.33 (As of May. 27, 2024)


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What is Pacific & Orient Bhd Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-05-27), Pacific & Orient Bhd's Beta is 0.33.


Pacific & Orient Bhd Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for Pacific & Orient Bhd's Beta can be seen below:

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Pacific & Orient Bhd Beta Chart

Pacific & Orient Bhd Annual Data
Trend Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23
Beta
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.11 0.20 0.31 0.43 0.47

Pacific & Orient Bhd Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 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 0.42 0.33 0.47 0.47 0.49

Competitive Comparison of Pacific & Orient Bhd's Beta

For the Insurance - Property & Casualty subindustry, Pacific & Orient Bhd'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.


Pacific & Orient Bhd's Beta Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Pacific & Orient Bhd's Beta distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Pacific & Orient Bhd's Beta falls into.



Pacific & Orient Bhd 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.


Pacific & Orient Bhd  (XKLS:6009) 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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Pacific & Orient Bhd (XKLS:6009) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
No. 10, Jalan Raja Laut, 11th Floor, Wisma Bumi Raya, Kuala Lumpur, SGR, MYS, 50350
Pacific & Orient Bhd is an investment holding company, which operates in diversified businesses. Its business in Malaysia is organized under five segments which include Insurance, Information technology, investment holding, money lending and Investment in start-ups . The company generates the majority of its revenues from the Insurance segment. Other operations in Malaysia include the distribution of consumer goods, property development, dealings in properties and investing in start-up companies. It also operates in the United States of America (information technology and property development), Thailand (information technology) and England (investing in the real estate market and startup companies).Geographically, majority revenue is generated from Malaysia.

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