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JPMorgan American Investment Trust (LSE:JAM) Beta : 0.68 (As of May. 23, 2024)


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What is JPMorgan American Investment Trust Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-05-23), JPMorgan American Investment Trust's Beta is 0.68.


JPMorgan American Investment Trust Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for JPMorgan American Investment Trust's Beta can be seen below:

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JPMorgan American Investment Trust Beta Chart

JPMorgan American Investment Trust Annual Data
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Beta
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.86 0.99 - - -0.02

JPMorgan American Investment Trust Semi-Annual Data
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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 - - - - -0.02

Competitive Comparison of JPMorgan American Investment Trust's Beta

For the Asset Management subindustry, JPMorgan American Investment Trust'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.


JPMorgan American Investment Trust's Beta Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, JPMorgan American Investment Trust's Beta distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where JPMorgan American Investment Trust's Beta falls into.



JPMorgan American Investment Trust 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.


JPMorgan American Investment Trust  (LSE:JAM) 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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JPMorgan American Investment Trust (LSE:JAM) Business Description

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60 Victoria Embankment, London, GBR, EC4Y 0JP
JPMorgan American Investment Trust PLC is a UK-based investment trust company. Its investment objective is to provide shareholders with capital growth from North American investments. The company seeks to achieve determined objectives and to manage risk by investing in the diversified portfolio of quoted companies, including smaller capitalization stocks and pooled funds. It may use various appropriate investment policies such as short and long-term gearing, hedging the currency risk in respect of sterling debenture to increase potential returns to shareholders. The company reviews its performance against its benchmark S&P 500 Index, expressed in sterling total return terms.

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