First Trust Senior Etf Beta
| FCT Etf | USD 10.44 0.03 0.29% |
First Trust Senior fundamentals help investors to digest information that contributes to First Trust's financial success or failures. It also enables traders to predict the movement of First Etf. The fundamental analysis module provides a way to measure First Trust's intrinsic value by examining its available economic and financial indicators, including the cash flow records, the balance sheet account changes, the income statement patterns, and various microeconomic indicators and financial ratios related to First Trust etf.
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First Trust Senior ETF Beta Analysis
First Trust's Beta is one of the most important measures of equity market volatility. Beta can be thought of as asset elasticity or sensitivity to market. In other words, it is a number that shows the relationship of an equity instrument to the financial market in which this instrument is traded. For example, if Beta of equity is 2, it is expected to significantly outperform market when the market is going up and significantly underperform when the market is going down. Similarly, Beta of 1 indicates that an asset and market will generate similar returns over time.
Current First Trust Beta | 0.59 |
Most of First Trust's fundamental indicators, such as Beta, are part of a valuation analysis module that helps investors searching for stocks that are currently trading at higher or lower prices than their real value. If the real value is higher than the market price, First Trust Senior is considered to be undervalued, and we provide a buy recommendation. Otherwise, we render a sell signal.
In a nutshell, Beta is a measure of individual stock risk relative to the overall volatility of the stock market. and is calculated based on very sound finance theory - Capital Assets Pricing Model (CAPM).However, since Beta is calculated based on historical price movements it may not predict how a firm's stock is going to perform in the future.
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In accordance with the recently published financial statements, First Trust Senior has a Beta of 0.59. This is much higher than that of the Financial Services family and significantly higher than that of the Asset Management category. The beta for all United States etfs is notably lower than that of the firm.
First Beta Peer Comparison
Stock peer comparison is one of the most widely used and accepted methods of equity analyses. It analyses First Trust's direct or indirect competition against its Beta to detect undervalued stocks with similar characteristics or determine the etfs which would be a good addition to a portfolio. Peer analysis of First Trust could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing First Trust by comparing valuation metrics of similar companies.First Trust is currently under evaluation in beta as compared to similar ETFs.
As returns on the market increase, First Trust's returns are expected to increase less than the market. However, during the bear market, the loss of holding First Trust is expected to be smaller as well.
First Fundamentals
| Return On Equity | -3.56 | ||||
| Return On Asset | 2.2 | ||||
| Profit Margin | (55.20) % | ||||
| Operating Margin | 80.30 % | ||||
| Current Valuation | 367.12 M | ||||
| Shares Outstanding | 25.96 M | ||||
| Shares Owned By Insiders | 13.80 % | ||||
| Shares Owned By Institutions | 80.12 % | ||||
| Number Of Shares Shorted | 47.1 K | ||||
| Price To Earning | 82.76 X | ||||
| Price To Book | 0.80 X | ||||
| Price To Sales | 13.16 X | ||||
| Revenue | 20.08 M | ||||
| Gross Profit | 20.08 M | ||||
| Net Income | (11.08 M) | ||||
| Cash And Equivalents | 918.37 K | ||||
| Cash Per Share | 0.04 X | ||||
| Total Debt | 116 M | ||||
| Debt To Equity | 0.39 % | ||||
| Current Ratio | 0.11 X | ||||
| Book Value Per Share | 12.71 X | ||||
| Cash Flow From Operations | 45.04 M | ||||
| Short Ratio | 0.36 X | ||||
| Earnings Per Share | 0.12 X | ||||
| Number Of Employees | 14 | ||||
| Beta | 0.59 | ||||
| Market Capitalization | 331.6 M | ||||
| Total Asset | 438.01 M | ||||
| Retained Earnings | (182.61 M) | ||||
| Annual Yield | 0 % | ||||
| Year To Date Return | 7.46 % | ||||
| One Year Return | 9.18 % | ||||
| Three Year Return | 5.15 % | ||||
| Five Year Return | 4.59 % | ||||
| Last Dividend Paid | 0.83 |
About First Trust Fundamental Analysis
The Macroaxis Fundamental Analysis modules help investors analyze First Trust Senior's financials across various querterly and yearly statements, indicators and fundamental ratios. We help investors to determine the real value of First Trust using virtually all public information available. We use both quantitative as well as qualitative analysis to arrive at the intrinsic value of First Trust Senior based on its fundamental data. In general, a quantitative approach, as applied to this etf, focuses on analyzing financial statements comparatively, whereas a qaualitative method uses data that is important to a company's growth but cannot be measured and presented in a numerical way.
Please read more on our fundamental analysis page.
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The market value of First Trust Senior is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of First that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of First Trust's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is First Trust's true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because First Trust's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect First Trust's underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.
Please note, there is a significant difference between First Trust's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if First Trust is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, First Trust's price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.