The Beta of Toshiba Corp. is 0.74
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.
Toshiba Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides electronic devices and storage solutions worldwide. It operates through seven segments: Energy Systems & Solutions, Infrastructure Systems & Solutions, Building Solutions, Retail & Printing Solutions, Electronic Devices & Storage Solutions, Digital Solutions, and Others. The company provides energy systems and solutions, including nuclear, thermal, and renewable energy power generation systems; transmission and distribution, hydrogen energy, and heavy-ion therapy systems; and energy digital services. It also offers infrastructure systems and solutions, such as water supply and wastewater treatment, traffic control, defense and electronic, railway transportation, substation, broadcasting and network, security and automation, and motor/drive systems; and building solutions comprising elevators, escalators, building facilities, electrical construction materials, lighting equipment, airport ground lighting systems, stage and studio lighting systems, automotive light sources, industrial light sources and UV modules, air conditioners, multi systems for buildings, heat pump hot water supply systems, ventilating systems, refrigeration, and cold-chain equipment. In addition, the company provides retail and printing solutions, including POS systems, multifunction peripherals, automatic identification systems, and inkjet heads; electronic devices and storage solutions, such as semiconductors, analog integrated circuits (ICs), microcontrollers, automotive digital ICs, semiconductor manufacturing equipment, thermal print heads, and ceramics; and digital solutions comprising AI/analytics, ICT infrastructure, IoT solutions, security solutions, and managed services. Further, it offers rechargeable lithium-ion batteries, modules, and packs; and computers and tablets, visual products, and home appliances. Toshiba Corporation was founded in 1875 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.