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Khong Guan (SGX:K03) Beta : -0.04 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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What is Khong Guan Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-04-27), Khong Guan's Beta is -0.04.


Khong Guan Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for Khong Guan'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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Khong Guan Beta Chart

Khong Guan 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 0.16 0.10 0.23 0.21 0.23

Khong Guan 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 0.17 0.21 0.13 0.23 0.09

Competitive Comparison of Khong Guan's Beta

For the Food Distribution subindustry, Khong Guan'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.


Khong Guan's Beta Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Khong Guan's Beta distribution charts can be found below:

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



Khong Guan 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.


Khong Guan  (SGX:K03) 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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Khong Guan (SGX:K03) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
2 MacTaggart Road, Number 03-01, Khong Guan Building, Singapore, SGP, 368078
Khong Guan Ltd is a Singapore-based investment holding company. It operates its business in various segments that are Trading of Wheat Flour and Consumer Goods, which trades in Singapore and Malaysia; Investment Trading, which trades in shares mainly listed in Singapore and Malaysia; and Investment Holding, which holds shares for dividend income. The Trading of Wheat Flour and Consumer Goods segment generates maximum revenue for the company. Geographically, it derives a majority of revenue from Malaysia.

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