South32 Limited Stock Beta

SHTLF Stock  USD 2.27  0.19  7.72%   
South32 Limited fundamentals help investors to digest information that contributes to South32's financial success or failures. It also enables traders to predict the movement of South32 Pink Sheet. The fundamental analysis module provides a way to measure South32'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 South32 pink sheet.
  
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South32 Limited Company Beta Analysis

South32'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.

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Current South32 Beta

    
  1.03  
Most of South32'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, South32 Limited 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, South32 Limited has a Beta of 1.0252. This is 17.84% higher than that of the Basic Materials sector and significantly higher than that of the Other Industrial Metals & Mining industry. The beta for all United States stocks is notably lower than that of the firm.

South32 Beta Peer Comparison

Stock peer comparison is one of the most widely used and accepted methods of equity analyses. It analyses South32's direct or indirect competition against its Beta to detect undervalued stocks with similar characteristics or determine the pink sheets which would be a good addition to a portfolio. Peer analysis of South32 could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing South32 by comparing valuation metrics of similar companies.
South32 is currently under evaluation in beta category among its peers.
South32 returns are very sensitive to returns on the market. As the market goes up or down, South32 is expected to follow.

South32 Fundamentals

About South32 Fundamental Analysis

The Macroaxis Fundamental Analysis modules help investors analyze South32 Limited's financials across various querterly and yearly statements, indicators and fundamental ratios. We help investors to determine the real value of South32 using virtually all public information available. We use both quantitative as well as qualitative analysis to arrive at the intrinsic value of South32 Limited based on its fundamental data. In general, a quantitative approach, as applied to this company, 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.
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Other Information on Investing in South32 Pink Sheet

South32 financial ratios help investors to determine whether South32 Pink Sheet is cheap or expensive when compared to a particular measure, such as profits or enterprise value. In other words, they help investors to determine the cost of investment in South32 with respect to the benefits of owning South32 security.