Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-05-13), Bain Capital Specialty Finance's Beta is 0.63.
Bain Capital Specialty Finance 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 Bain Capital Specialty Finance's Beta
For the Asset Management subindustry, Bain Capital Specialty Finance'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.
Bain Capital Specialty Finance's Beta Distribution in the Asset Management Industry
For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Bain Capital Specialty Finance's Beta distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Bain Capital Specialty Finance's Beta falls into.
Bain Capital Specialty Finance 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.
Bain Capital Specialty Finance (NYSE:BCSF) 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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Bain Capital Specialty Finance (Bain Capital Specialty Finance) Business Description
Bain Capital Specialty Finance Inc is an externally managed, closed-end, non-diversified management investment company. The company has elected to be treated as a business development company (BDC) under the Investment Company Act of 1940. The company is managed by the Advisor, an investment adviser that is registered with the SEC under the Investment Advisers Act. The advisor also provides the administrative services necessary for the company to operate. The primary focus is capitalizing on opportunities within Bain Capital Credit's Senior Direct Lending Strategy which seeks to provide risk-adjusted returns and current income to investors by investing primarily in middle-market companies with between $10.0 million and $150.0 million in annual EBITDA.
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