British American Tobacco Stock Beta

BMTA Stock  EUR 34.80  0.16  0.46%   
British American Tobacco fundamentals help investors to digest information that contributes to British American's financial success or failures. It also enables traders to predict the movement of British Stock. The fundamental analysis module provides a way to measure British American'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 British American stock.
  
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British American Tobacco Company Beta Analysis

British American'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 British American Beta

    
  0.37  
Most of British American'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, British American Tobacco 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, British American Tobacco has a Beta of 0.3725. This is 69.72% lower than that of the Consumer Defensive sector and 59.95% lower than that of the Tobacco industry. The beta for all Germany stocks is notably lower than that of the firm.

British Beta Peer Comparison

Stock peer comparison is one of the most widely used and accepted methods of equity analyses. It analyses British American's direct or indirect competition against its Beta to detect undervalued stocks with similar characteristics or determine the stocks which would be a good addition to a portfolio. Peer analysis of British American could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing British American by comparing valuation metrics of similar companies.
British American is rated below average in beta category among its peers.
As returns on the market increase, British American's returns are expected to increase less than the market. However, during the bear market, the loss of holding British American is expected to be smaller as well.

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About British American Fundamental Analysis

The Macroaxis Fundamental Analysis modules help investors analyze British American Tobacco's financials across various querterly and yearly statements, indicators and fundamental ratios. We help investors to determine the real value of British American using virtually all public information available. We use both quantitative as well as qualitative analysis to arrive at the intrinsic value of British American Tobacco 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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Additional Information and Resources on Investing in British Stock

When determining whether British American Tobacco offers a strong return on investment in its stock, a comprehensive analysis is essential. The process typically begins with a thorough review of British American's financial statements, including income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements, to assess its financial health. Key financial ratios are used to gauge profitability, efficiency, and growth potential of British American Tobacco Stock. Outlined below are crucial reports that will aid in making a well-informed decision on British American Tobacco Stock:
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Please note, there is a significant difference between British American's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if British American is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, British American'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.