【bagpipes at wedding ceremony】Vector Resources Limited (ASX:VEC): What Does Its Beta Value Mean For Your Portfolio?
If you’re interested in Vector Resources Limited (
ASX:VEC
),bagpipes at wedding ceremony then you might want to consider its beta (a measure of share price volatility) in order to understand how the stock could impact your portfolio. Modern finance theory considers volatility to be a measure of risk, and there are two main types of price volatility. The first type is company specific volatility. Investors use diversification across uncorrelated stocks to reduce this kind of price volatility across the portfolio. The second sort is caused by the natural volatility of markets, overall. For example, certain macroeconomic events will impact (virtually) all stocks on the market.
Some stocks mimic the volatility of the market quite closely, while others demonstrate muted, exagerrated or uncorrelated price movements. Beta can be a useful tool to understand how much a stock is influenced by market risk (volatility). However, Warren Buffett said ‘volatility is far from synonymous with risk’ in his 2014 letter to investors. So, while useful, beta is not the only metric to consider. To use beta as an investor, you must first understand that the overall market has a beta of one. A stock with a beta below one is either less volatile than the market, or more volatile but not corellated with the overall market. In comparison a stock with a beta of over one tends to be move in a similar direction to the market in the long term, but with greater changes in price.
Check out our latest analysis for Vector Resources
What does VEC’s beta value mean to investors?
Looking at the last five years, Vector Resources has a beta of 1.8. The fact that this is well above 1 indicates that its share price movements have shown sensitivity to overall market volatility. If this beta value holds true in the future, Vector Resources shares are likely to rise more than the market when the market is going up, but fall faster when the market is going down. Beta is worth considering, but it’s also important to consider whether Vector Resources is growing earnings and revenue. You can take a look for yourself, below.
ASX:VEC Income Statement Export January 1st 19
How does VEC’s size impact its beta?
Vector Resources is a rather small company. It has a market capitalisation of AU$27m, which means it is probably under the radar of most investors. It takes less money to influence the share price of a very small company. This may explain the excess volatility implied by this beta value.
What this means for you:
Since Vector Resources tends to moves up when the market is going up, and down when it’s going down, potential investors may wish to reflect on the overall market, when considering the stock. In order to fully understand whether VEC is a good investment for you, we also need to consider important company-specific fundamentals such as Vector Resources’s financial health and performance track record. I urge you to continue your research by taking a look at the following:
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Financial Health
: Are VEC’s operations financially sustainable? Balance sheets can be hard to analyze, which is why we’ve done it for you. Check out our
financial health checks here
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Past Track Record
: Has VEC been consistently performing well irrespective of the ups and downs in the market? Go into more detail in the past performance analysis and take a look at
the free visual representations of VEC’s historicals
for more clarity.
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To help readers see past the short term volatility of the financial market, we aim to bring you a long-term focused research analysis purely driven by fundamental data. Note that our analysis does not factor in the latest price-sensitive company announcements.
The author is an independent contributor and at the time of publication had no position in the stocks mentioned. For errors that warrant correction please contact the editor at
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