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Health Management Associates, (FRA:HMG) Beta : N/A (As of May. 04, 2024)


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What is Health Management Associates, Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-05-04), Health Management Associates,'s Beta is Not available.


Health Management Associates, Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for Health Management Associates,'s Beta can be seen below:

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Health Management Associates, Beta Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Health Management Associates,'s Beta

For the Medical Care Facilities subindustry, Health Management Associates,'s Beta, along with its competitors' market caps and Beta data, can be viewed below:

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Health Management Associates,'s Beta Distribution in the Healthcare Providers & Services Industry

For the Healthcare Providers & Services industry and Healthcare sector, Health Management Associates,'s Beta distribution charts can be found below:

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Health Management Associates, 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.


Health Management Associates,  (FRA:HMG) 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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Health Management Associates, (FRA:HMG) Business Description

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Health Management Associates, Inc. was incorporated in Delaware in 1979 but began operations through a subsidiary that was formed in 1977. It became a public company in 1991. As of December 31, 2011, it operated 66 hospitals with a total of 10,330 licensed beds in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Washington and West Virginia. The Company and its subsidiaries provide health care services to patients in owned and leased facilities located mainly in non-urban communities in the southeastern and southwestern United States. Services provided by its hospitals include general surgery, internal medicine, obstetrics, emergency room care, radiology, oncology, diagnostic care, coronary care and pediatric services. It also provides outpatient services such as one-day surgery, laboratory, x-ray, respiratory therapy, cardiology and physical therapy. Additionally, some of the Company's hospitals provide specialty services in, among other areas, cardiology e.g., open-heart surgery, etc., neuro-surgery, oncology, radiation therapy, computer-assisted tomography 'CT' scanning, magnetic resonance imaging 'MRI', lithotripsy and full-service obstetrics.The Company's strategy is to deliver health care services and improve patient and physician satisfaction, improve operations of its hospitals, utilize efficient management and acquire strategic hospitals in non-urban communities. In many of the geographic areas where it operates, there are other hospitals that provide services comparable to those offered by its hospitals. The Company is subject to compliance with various federal, state and local environmental laws, rules and regulations, including, but not limited to, the disposal of medical waste generated by its operations.

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