Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-05-19), Scottish Re Group's Beta is -0.26.
Scottish Re Group Beta Historical Data
The historical data trend for Scottish Re Group'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.
Competitive Comparison of Scottish Re Group's Beta
For the Insurance - Life subindustry, Scottish Re Group'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.
Scottish Re Group's Beta Distribution in the Insurance Industry
For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Scottish Re Group's Beta distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Scottish Re Group's Beta falls into.
Scottish Re 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.
Scottish Re Group (OTCPK:SKRUF.PFD) 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)
Scottish Re Group Beta Related Terms
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Scottish Re Group (Scottish Re Group) Business Description
Scottish Re Group is engaged in the reinsurance of life insurance, annuities and annuity-type products. It accepts part of the risk of insurance policies for a portion of the income earned by the policies. The company uses its headquarters in the tax-friendly Cayman Islands to provide wealth management and estate planning services to high net worth clients. It has operations in Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
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