US Airways Group (FRA:USG1) Beta : N/A (As of May. 04, 2024)

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What is US Airways Group Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-05-04), US Airways Group's Beta is Not available.

US Airways Group Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for US Airways Group's Beta can be seen below:

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Competitive Comparison of US Airways Group's Beta

For the Airlines subindustry, US Airways Group's Beta, along with its competitors' market caps and Beta data, can be viewed below:

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US Airways Group's Beta Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, US Airways Group's Beta distribution charts can be found below:

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US Airways Group 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.

US Airways Group (FRA:USG1) 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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US Airways Group (FRA:USG1) Business Description

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US Airways Group Inc., a Delaware corporation, is a holding company formed in 1982. The Company's main business activity is the operation of a major network air carrier through its wholly owned subsidiaries US Airways, Piedmont Airlines, Inc., PSA Airlines, Inc., Material Services Company, Inc. and Airways Assurance Limited. MSC and AAL operate in support of its airline subsidiaries in areas such as the procurement of aviation fuel and insurance. The Company operates the airline in the United States as measured by domestic revenue passenger miles and available seat miles. It has hubs in Charlotte, Philadelphia and Phoenix and a focus city in Washington, D.C. at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. It offers scheduled passenger service on more than 3,000 flights daily to 198 communities in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, the Middle East, the Caribbean, and Central and South America. It also has an established East Coast route network, including the US Airways Shuttle service. As of December 31, 2012, it operated 340 mainline jets and was supported by its regional airline subsidiaries and affiliates operating as US Airways Express under capacity purchase agreements, which operated 238 regional jets and 44 turboprops. Its prorate carriers operated four regional jets at December 31, 2012. The Company's main competitors include Southwest, JetBlue, Allegiant, Frontier, Virgin America and Spirit. The airline industry is also subject to increasingly stringent federal, state and local laws aimed at protecting the environment.

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