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BioTech Medics (BioTech Medics) Beta : 30.93 (As of May. 13, 2024)


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What is BioTech Medics Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-05-13), BioTech Medics's Beta is 30.93.


BioTech Medics Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for BioTech Medics's Beta can be seen below:

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Competitive Comparison of BioTech Medics's Beta

For the Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic subindustry, BioTech Medics's Beta, along with its competitors' market caps and Beta data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


BioTech Medics's Beta Distribution in the Drug Manufacturers Industry

For the Drug Manufacturers industry and Healthcare sector, BioTech Medics's Beta distribution charts can be found below:

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BioTech Medics Beta Calculation

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. A stock's beta can be calculated by dividing the product of the covariance of the individual stock's returns and the market's returns by the variance of the market's returns over a specified period. Basically, GuruFocus uses the returns calculated over three-year period.


BioTech Medics  (OTCPK:BMCS) Beta Explanation

Beta is a measure of the volatility, or systematic risk, of a security or a portfolio in comparison to the market as a whole. We usually compare beta to 1. A beta of 1 indicates that the security's price will move with the market. A beta of less than 1 means that the security will be less volatile than the market. A beta of greater than 1 indicates that the security's price will be more volatile than the market.

Beta is primarily used in the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) to calculate the Cost of Equity, which can be used in the calculation of WACC %. The formula of Cost of Equity is:
Cost of Equity = Risk-Free Rate of Return + Beta of Asset * (Expected Return of the Market - Risk-Free Rate of Return)


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BioTech Medics (BioTech Medics) Business Description

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5850 Canoga Avenue, Suite 400, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 91367
BioTech Medics Inc is a medical-based holding company. The company operates through four divisions namely Medical, Nutraceutical Products, Sports Medicine, and Research and Development.