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Ribbon Communications (FRA:NU42) Beta : 2.18 (As of May. 14, 2024)


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What is Ribbon Communications Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-05-14), Ribbon Communications's Beta is 2.18.


Ribbon Communications Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for Ribbon Communications's Beta can be seen below:

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Ribbon Communications Beta Chart

Ribbon Communications Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Beta
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.54 0.88 0.91 1.19 2.06

Ribbon Communications Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 2.02 1.86 1.90 2.06 2.05

Competitive Comparison of Ribbon Communications's Beta

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Ribbon Communications'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.


Ribbon Communications's Beta Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, Ribbon Communications's Beta distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Ribbon Communications's Beta falls into.



Ribbon Communications 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.


Ribbon Communications  (FRA:NU42) 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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Ribbon Communications (FRA:NU42) Business Description

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6500 Chase Oaks Boulevard, Suite 100, Plano, TX, USA, 75023
Ribbon Communications Inc provides network solutions primarily to telecommunications, wireless and cable service providers worldwide. It enables service providers and enterprises to modernize their communications networks and provide secure real-time communications solutions to their customers and employees. Its solutions enable its customers with a secure way to connect and leverage multivendor, multiprotocol communications systems and applications across their networks and the cloud, around the world and in a rapidly changing ecosystem of IP-enabled devices such as smartphones and tablets.

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