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Hyundai Steel Co (XKRX:004020) Beta : 1.09 (As of May. 17, 2024)


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What is Hyundai Steel Co Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-05-17), Hyundai Steel Co's Beta is 1.09.


Hyundai Steel Co Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for Hyundai Steel Co'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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Hyundai Steel Co Beta Chart

Hyundai Steel Co 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 1.38 1.55 1.63 1.44 1.18

Hyundai Steel Co 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 1.44 1.29 1.27 1.19 1.18

Competitive Comparison of Hyundai Steel Co's Beta

For the Steel subindustry, Hyundai Steel Co'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.


Hyundai Steel Co's Beta Distribution in the Steel Industry

For the Steel industry and Basic Materials sector, Hyundai Steel Co's Beta distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Hyundai Steel Co's Beta falls into.



Hyundai Steel Co 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.


Hyundai Steel Co  (XKRX:004020) 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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Hyundai Steel Co (XKRX:004020) Business Description

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Address
1 Sohnghyun-Dong Dong-Gu, Incheon, KOR, 401-712
Hyundai Steel Company is a Korea-based company engaged in the manufacture of steel products. The company's products include hot-rolled steel plates, cold-rolled steel plates, medium steel plates, steel tubes, steel bars, H bars, special steel rods and other steel products. The company's products are used in shipbuilding, automotive production, construction, bridges, engineering, home appliances, oil pipes, container manufacturing, machineries and other industries. The company is also engaged in the manufacture of track chain, which is a major part of heavy-duty machineries. The company generates most of its revenue from Korean domestic market and exports its products to overseas market in the meanwhile.

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