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Gattaca (LSE:GATC) Beta : 1.52 (As of May. 13, 2024)


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What is Gattaca Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-05-13), Gattaca's Beta is 1.52.


Gattaca Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for Gattaca'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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Gattaca Beta Chart

Gattaca Annual Data
Trend Jul14 Jul15 Jul16 Jul17 Jul18 Jul19 Jul20 Jul21 Jul22 Jul23
Beta
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.45 1.81 - - -

Gattaca Semi-Annual Data
Jul14 Jan15 Jul15 Jan16 Jul16 Jan17 Jul17 Jan18 Jul18 Jan19 Jul19 Jan20 Jul20 Jan21 Jul21 Jan22 Jul22 Jan23 Jul23 Jan24
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 - - - - 2.08

Competitive Comparison of Gattaca's Beta

For the Staffing & Employment Services subindustry, Gattaca'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.


Gattaca's Beta Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Gattaca's Beta distribution charts can be found below:

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



Gattaca 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.


Gattaca  (LSE:GATC) 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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Gattaca (LSE:GATC) Business Description

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1450 Parkway, Solent Business Park, Whiteley, Fareham, Hampshire, GBR, PO15 7AF
Gattaca PLC provides specialist recruitment solutions to companies in the engineering and technology sector. Its offerings revolve around following services: contingent workforce solutions which include temporary, contract and project bases workforce; permanent recruitment process outsourcing providing full as well as partial outsource of the permanent workforce to clients; total workforce solutions and Employer branding services. The company's operating segments are classified into Mobility, Energy, Defense, Technology, Media and Telecoms, Infrastructure, International and other. It generates majority of the revenue from the infrastructure. Geographically, it derives a majority of revenue from the United Kingdom and also has a presence in Middle East, Europe, Africa and the United States.

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