Varian Medical Systems (Varian Medical Systems) Beta : N/A (As of May. 06, 2024)

Varian Medical Systems Beta Chart

Varian Medical Systems Annual Data
	Trend	Sep11	Sep12	Sep13	Sep14	Sep15	Sep16	Sep17	Sep18	Sep19	Sep20
Beta		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					0.66	0.73	0.95	0.93	1.23

Varian Medical Systems Quarterly Data
	Mar16	Jun16	Sep16	Dec16	Mar17	Jun17	Sep17	Dec17	Mar18	Jun18	Sep18	Dec18	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20
Beta	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.97	1.16	1.09	1.23	1.09

Competitive Comparison of Varian Medical Systems's Beta

For the Medical Instruments & Supplies subindustry, Varian Medical Systems'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.

Varian Medical Systems's Beta Distribution in the Medical Devices & Instruments Industry

For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, Varian Medical Systems's Beta distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Varian Medical Systems's Beta falls into.

Varian Medical Systems 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.

Varian Medical Systems  (NYSE:VAR) 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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