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Hotai Motor Co (TPE:2207) Beta : 0.90 (As of May. 14, 2024)


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What is Hotai Motor Co Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-05-14), Hotai Motor Co's Beta is 0.90.


Hotai Motor Co Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for Hotai Motor Co's Beta can be seen below:

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Hotai Motor Co Beta Chart

Hotai Motor Co Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Beta
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.58 1.38 1.13 0.86 0.89

Hotai Motor Co Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 0.86 0.75 0.65 0.74 0.89

Competitive Comparison of Hotai Motor Co's Beta

For the Auto & Truck Dealerships subindustry, Hotai Motor Co'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.


Hotai Motor Co's Beta Distribution in the Vehicles & Parts Industry

For the Vehicles & Parts industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Hotai Motor Co's Beta distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Hotai Motor Co's Beta falls into.



Hotai Motor Co 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.


Hotai Motor Co  (TPE:2207) 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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Hotai Motor Co (TPE:2207) Business Description

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Address
No. 121 Sung Chiang Road, 8th-14th Floor, Taipei, TWN
Hotai Motor Co Ltd is an automobile distribution company domiciled in Taiwan. The company distributes new and used passenger vehicles under the Toyota and Lexus brands; commercial vehicles, including trucks, under the Toyota and HINO brands; and Toyota industrial equipment. It earns more than half its sales from HINO- and Toyota-branded products. In addition to vehicle sales, Hotai Motor provides leasing and financing services, insurance, vehicle accessories, and vehicle servicing. Its segments include the Distributor of Toyota and Hino products segments, Installment trading, Leasing, Property insurance, overseas sales agent and other segments. It has operations across both Taiwan and mainland China, with the vast majority of revenue derived domestically.

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