If you own shares in TREVI – Finanziaria Industriale S.p.A. (BIT:TFI) then it’s worth thinking about how it contributes to the volatility of your portfolio, overall. In finance, Beta is a measure of volatility. Volatility is considered to be a measure of risk in modern finance theory. Investors may think of volatility as falling into two main categories. 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 are more sensitive to general market forces than others. Beta is a widely used metric to measure a stock’s exposure to market risk (volatility). Before we go on, it’s worth noting that Warren Buffett pointed out in his 2014 letter to shareholders that ‘volatility is far from synonymous with risk.’ Having said that, beta can still be rather useful. The first thing to understand about beta is that the beta of the overall market is 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.
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What we can learn from TFI’s beta value
Zooming in on TREVI – Finanziaria Industriale, we see it has a five year beta of 1.15. This is above 1, so historically its share price has been influenced by the broader volatility of the stock market. If this beta value holds true in the future, TREVI – Finanziaria Industriale 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 TREVI – Finanziaria Industriale is growing earnings and revenue. You can take a look for yourself, below.
Could TFI’s size cause it to be more volatile?
With a market capitalisation of €31m, TREVI – Finanziaria Industriale is a very small company by global standards. It is quite likely to be unknown to most investors. Relatively few investors can influence the price of a smaller company, compared to a large company. This could explain the high beta value, in this case.
What this means for you:
Since TREVI – Finanziaria Industriale has a reasonably high beta, it’s worth considering why it is so heavily influenced by broader market sentiment. For example, it might be a high growth stock or have a lot of operating leverage in its business model. In order to fully understand whether TFI is a good investment for you, we also need to consider important company-specific fundamentals such as TREVI – Finanziaria Industriale’s financial health and performance track record. I urge you to continue your research by taking a look at the following:
- Future Outlook: What are well-informed industry analysts predicting for TFI’s future growth? Take a look at our free research report of analyst consensus for TFI’s outlook.
- Past Track Record: Has TFI 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 TFI’s historicals for more clarity.
- Other Interesting Stocks: It’s worth checking to see how TFI measures up against other companies on valuation. You could start with this free list of prospective options.
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