The Beta of Eguarantee Inc. is -0.02
BETA indicates whether a stock is more or less volatile than the market as a whole. A beta less than 1 indicates that the stock is less volatile than the market, while a beta more than 1 indicates that the stock is more volatile. Volatility is measured as the fluctuation of the price around the mean.
Beta is a measure of the risk arising from exposure to general market movements as opposed to idiosyncratic factors. The market portfolio of all investable assets has a beta of exactly 1. A beta below 1 can indicate either an investment with lower volatility than the market, or a volatile investment whose price movements are not highly correlated with the market. A beta greater than one generally means that the asset both is volatile and tends to move up and down with the market. Beta is important because it measures the risk of an investment that cannot be reduced by diversification. It does not measure the risk of an investment held on a stand-alone basis, but the amount of risk the investment adds to an already-diversified portfolio. In the capital asset pricing model, beta risk is the only kind of risk for which investors should receive an expected return higher than the risk-free rate of interest.
eGuarantee, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in undertaking and transferring credit risks in Japan. It offers services for commercial companies that include guarantee services against sales credit, contractor credit, and various other credits, as well as guarantee services by debtor's trust. The company also provides services for financial institutions, including services to reassure the guarantee of sales credit, guarantee services against credit backed by accounts receivables, guarantee services against advance payment credit, guarantee services related to company acquisition, and services related to DIP financing. In addition, it offers services to undertake export credit and services for international companies. The company provides its services through a sales network of 50 local banks and 36 financial institutions. eGuarantee, Inc. was incorporated in 2000 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.