Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-05-05), BioDelivery Sciences International's Beta is Not available.
BioDelivery Sciences International Beta Historical Data
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Competitive Comparison of BioDelivery Sciences International's Beta
For the Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic subindustry, BioDelivery Sciences International'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.
BioDelivery Sciences International's Beta Distribution in the Drug Manufacturers Industry
For the Drug Manufacturers industry and Healthcare sector, BioDelivery Sciences International's Beta distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where BioDelivery Sciences International's Beta falls into.
BioDelivery Sciences International 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.
BioDelivery Sciences International (NAS:BDSI) 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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BioDelivery Sciences International (BioDelivery Sciences International) Business Description
BioDelivery Sciences International Inc is a rapidly growing commercial-stage specialty pharmaceutical company dedicated to patients living with chronic pain. The company is utilizing its novel and proprietary BioErodible MucoAdhesive (BEMA) technology and other drug delivery technologies to develop and commercialize, either on its own or in partnership with third parties, new applications of therapies aimed at addressing important unmet medical needs. Its products include Belbuca and Symproic.
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