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Koatsu Gas Kogyo Co (TSE:4097) Beta : 0.35 (As of May. 23, 2024)


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What is Koatsu Gas Kogyo Co Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-05-23), Koatsu Gas Kogyo Co's Beta is 0.35.


Koatsu Gas Kogyo Co Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for Koatsu Gas Kogyo Co's Beta can be seen below:

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Koatsu Gas Kogyo Co Beta Chart

Koatsu Gas Kogyo Co Annual Data
Trend Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24
Beta
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.72 0.52 0.40 0.36 0.36

Koatsu Gas Kogyo Co Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 0.36 0.33 0.32 0.43 0.36

Competitive Comparison of Koatsu Gas Kogyo Co's Beta

For the Chemicals subindustry, Koatsu Gas Kogyo 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.


Koatsu Gas Kogyo Co's Beta Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Koatsu Gas Kogyo Co's Beta distribution charts can be found below:

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Koatsu Gas Kogyo 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.


Koatsu Gas Kogyo Co  (TSE:4097) 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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Koatsu Gas Kogyo Co (TSE:4097) Business Description

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Address
1-5, Doyama-cho, Kita-ku, Osaka, JPN, 530-8411
Koatsu Gas Kogyo Co., Ltd. is engaged in the production and distribution of industrial gases and chemical products. It has three operating business divisions: Gas, Chemical Products and Information Systems. The company supplies various types of gases to a broad range of industrial sectors, from living-related industries to the medical industry. Its chemical products offering includes adhesives, a synthetic resin emulsion, cyanon, special resin and a nonwoven shock-absorbing material. The company offers information systems, such as LSI cards and reader-writers for various industrial fields, such as construction, civil engineering, transportation, and production equipment; and GNSS receiver modules.

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