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Amalgamated Financial (Amalgamated Financial) Beta : 0.86 (As of May. 13, 2024)


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What is Amalgamated Financial Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-05-13), Amalgamated Financial's Beta is 0.86.


Amalgamated Financial Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for Amalgamated Financial'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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Amalgamated Financial Beta Chart

Amalgamated Financial Annual Data
Trend Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Beta
Get a 7-Day Free Trial - - 0.95 0.93 0.91

Amalgamated Financial Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 0.57 0.68 0.81 0.91 0.83

Competitive Comparison of Amalgamated Financial's Beta

For the Banks - Regional subindustry, Amalgamated Financial'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.


Amalgamated Financial's Beta Distribution in the Banks Industry

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

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



Amalgamated Financial 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.


Amalgamated Financial  (NAS:AMAL) 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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Amalgamated Financial (Amalgamated Financial) Business Description

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Address
275 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY, USA, 10001
Amalgamated Financial Corp is a bank holding company. It is a full-service commercial bank and a chartered trust company. It provides commercial banking and trust services nationally and offers a range of products and services to commercial and retail customers. It offers a complete suite of commercial and retail banking, investment management, and trust and custody services.
Executives
Finser Mark director 275 SEVENTH AVE., NEW YORK NY 10001
Jason Darby officer: Executive VP 275 SEVENTH AVE., NEW YORK NY 10001
Sam D. Brown officer: Executive VP 275 SEVENTH AVE., NEW YORK NY 10001
Amalgamated Financial Corp. 10 percent owner, other: Workers United 275 SEVENTH AVE., NEW YORK NY 10001
Mandy Tenner officer: Executive VP, General Counsel 275 SEVENTH AVE., NEW YORK NY 10001
Sean Searby officer: EVP, Operations & Program Mgmt 275 SEVENTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10001
Tyrone Graham officer: EVP, Chief HR Officer 275 7TH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10001
Maryann Bruce director C/O MBIA INC., 113 KING STREET, ARMONK NY 10504
Ina Narula officer: EVP, Chief Risk Officer 275 7TH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10001
Leslie Veluswamy officer: Executive Vice President & CAO 300 CADMAN PLAZA WEST, 8TH FLOOR, BROOKLYN NY 11201
Ronald W Burkle 10 percent owner
Yucaipa Corporate Initiatives Fund Ii Lp 10 percent owner 9130 West Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles CA 90069
Yucaipa Corporate Initiatives (parallel) Fund Ii Lp 10 percent owner 9130 West Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles CA 90069
Meredith Miller director 275 SEVENTH AVE., NEW YORK NY 10001
Margaret Matilda Lanning officer: EVP, Chief Credit Risk Officer 275 7TH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10001