Chapter 5.2.5. Betas


Market’s perception of Citigroup can also be read from the industry betas as shown in the following table:

Table 4. Betas
Citigroup: 0.4
Bank of America: 0.31
JP Morgan: 0.7
Deutsche Bank: 1.9

Relatively low betas of Citigroup and Bank of America reflect their stability, but also promise low returns.