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Comtex News Network (Comtex News Network) Beta : 2.02 (As of Apr. 28, 2024)


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What is Comtex News Network Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-04-28), Comtex News Network's Beta is 2.02.


Comtex News Network Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for Comtex News Network's Beta can be seen below:

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Comtex News Network Beta Chart

Comtex News Network Annual Data
Trend Jun00 Jun01 Jun02 Jun03 Jun04 Jun05 Jun06 Jun07 Jun08 Jun09
Beta
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.35 3.51 3.22 1.31 0.85

Comtex News Network Quarterly Data
Jun05 Sep05 Dec05 Mar06 Jun06 Sep06 Dec06 Mar07 Jun07 Sep07 Dec07 Mar08 Jun08 Sep08 Dec08 Mar09 Jun09 Sep09 Dec09 Mar10
Beta Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.45 0.85 1.22 2.04 1.96

Competitive Comparison of Comtex News Network's Beta

For the Publishing subindustry, Comtex News Network'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.


Comtex News Network's Beta Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Comtex News Network's Beta distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Comtex News Network's Beta falls into.



Comtex News Network 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.


Comtex News Network  (OTCPK:CMTX) 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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Comtex News Network (Comtex News Network) Business Description

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Address
295 Madison Avenue, 12th Floor, New York, NY, USA, 10017
Comtex News Network Inc is a provider of economically useful electronic real-time news, content and SmarTrend(r) market products. It receives, enhances, combines and filters news and content received from national and international news bureaus, agencies and publications, and distributes more than one million total stories per day.
Executives
Chip Brian officer: President and COO 625 N WASHINGTON STREET STE 301 ALEXANDRIA VA 22314
Tepco Corp 10 percent owner 25 CHURCH STREET THE CONTINENTAL BUILDING HAMILTON D0 HM 12
C W Gilluly director, officer: Interim C.E.O. 625 N. WASHINGTON ST. STE 301 ALEXANDRIA VA 22314

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