Westpac Banking Stock Beta

WEBNF Stock  USD 21.39  0.61  2.77%   
Westpac Banking fundamentals help investors to digest information that contributes to Westpac Banking's financial success or failures. It also enables traders to predict the movement of Westpac Pink Sheet. The fundamental analysis module provides a way to measure Westpac Banking'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 Westpac Banking pink sheet.
  
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Westpac Banking Company Beta Analysis

Westpac Banking'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 Westpac Banking Beta

    
  0.82  
Most of Westpac Banking'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, Westpac Banking 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, Westpac Banking has a Beta of 0.818. This indicator is about the same for the Financial Services average (which is currently at 0.82) sector and significantly higher than that of the Banks—Diversified industry. The beta for all United States stocks is notably lower than that of the firm.

Westpac Beta Peer Comparison

Stock peer comparison is one of the most widely used and accepted methods of equity analyses. It analyses Westpac Banking'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 Westpac Banking could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing Westpac Banking by comparing valuation metrics of similar companies.
Westpac Banking is currently under evaluation in beta category among its peers.
As returns on the market increase, Westpac Banking's returns are expected to increase less than the market. However, during the bear market, the loss of holding Westpac Banking is expected to be smaller as well.

Westpac Fundamentals

About Westpac Banking Fundamental Analysis

The Macroaxis Fundamental Analysis modules help investors analyze Westpac Banking's financials across various querterly and yearly statements, indicators and fundamental ratios. We help investors to determine the real value of Westpac Banking using virtually all public information available. We use both quantitative as well as qualitative analysis to arrive at the intrinsic value of Westpac Banking 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.
Please read more on our fundamental analysis page.

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Other Information on Investing in Westpac Pink Sheet

Westpac Banking financial ratios help investors to determine whether Westpac 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 Westpac with respect to the benefits of owning Westpac Banking security.