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Korea Fund (Korea Fund) Beta : 1.34 (As of May. 19, 2024)


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What is Korea Fund Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-05-19), Korea Fund's Beta is 1.34.


Korea Fund Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for Korea Fund'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.
* 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.

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Korea Fund Beta Chart

Korea Fund Annual Data
Trend Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23
Beta
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 0.90 0.90 0.95 0.93 1.19

Korea Fund Semi-Annual Data
Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
Beta Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.02 0.93 -0.25 1.19 -0.49

Competitive Comparison of Korea Fund's Beta

For the Asset Management subindustry, Korea Fund'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.


Korea Fund's Beta Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Korea Fund's Beta distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Korea Fund's Beta falls into.



Korea Fund 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.


Korea Fund  (NYSE:KF) 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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Korea Fund (Korea Fund) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
60 Victoria Embankment, London, GBR, EC4Y 0JP
Korea Fund Inc is a closed-end, non-diversified management investment company. Its investment objective is to seek long-term capital appreciation through investment in securities, equity securities, of Korean companies. Its portfolio consists of the different sectors such as the auto components, banks, beverages, chemicals, aerospace and defense, insurance, machinery, and others.
Executives
Yan Hu director 60 VICTORIA EMBANKMENT, LONDON X0 EC4Y 0JP
Simon James Crinage officer: See Remarks 60 VICTORIA EMBANKMENT, LONDON X0 EC4Y 0JP
Stephen M Ungerman officer: Chief Compliance Officer 270 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10017
Neil S Martin officer: See Remarks 60 VICTORIA EMBANKMENT, LONDON X0 EC4Y0JP
Jpmorgan Asset Management (asia Pacific) Ltd other: See Explanation of Response 8 CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL, 21ST FLOOR, CHATER HOUSE, HONG KONG K3 999077
Ayaz Hatim Ebrahim other: See Explanation of Response 21/F CHATER HOUSE, 8 CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL, HONG KONG K3 852
Carmine Lekstutis officer: Chief Legal Officer 4 NEW YORK PLAZA, FLOOR 19, NEW YORK NY 10004
Paul Francis Winship officer: Vice President & Secretary 60 VICTORIA EMBANKMENT, LONDON X0 EC4Y OJP
John Wonki Cho other: See Explanation of Response 21/F CHATER HOUSE, 8 CONNAUGHT ROAD, CENTRAL K3 HK
Matthew J Sippel director 1633 BROADWAY, NEW YORK NY 10019
Chung Jun Yun other: Portfolio Manager 1633 BROADWAY, NEW YORK NY 10019
Gem Pushpaharan other: Affiliated Person 1633 BROADWAY, NEW YORK NY 10019
John Viggiano other: Affiliated Person 1633 BROADWAY, NEW YORK NY 10019
Angela Borreggine officer: CLO and Secretary C/O ALLIANZ GLOBAL INVESTORS U.S. LLC, 1633 BROADWAY, NEW YORK NY 10019
City Of London Investment Group Plc 10 percent owner 77 GRACECHURCH STREET, LONDON X0 EC3V0AS