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BioGaia AB (BioGaia AB) Beta : 0.44 (As of May. 18, 2024)


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What is BioGaia AB Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-05-18), BioGaia AB's Beta is 0.44.


BioGaia AB Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for BioGaia AB's Beta can be seen below:

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BioGaia AB Beta Chart

BioGaia AB 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 -0.51 -0.84 -0.76 -0.35 0.26

BioGaia AB 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 -0.02 0.27 0.46 0.26 0.35

Competitive Comparison of BioGaia AB's Beta

For the Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic subindustry, BioGaia AB'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.


BioGaia AB's Beta Distribution in the Drug Manufacturers Industry

For the Drug Manufacturers industry and Healthcare sector, BioGaia AB's Beta distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where BioGaia AB's Beta falls into.



BioGaia AB 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.


BioGaia AB  (OTCPK:BIOGY) 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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BioGaia AB (BioGaia AB) Business Description

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Kungsbroplan 3A, Stockholm, SWE, SE-112 27
BioGaia AB is a healthcare company engaged in developing, marketing, and selling probiotic products. The company has three operating segments; Paediatrics segment includes drops, gut health tablets, oral rehydration solution (ORS) and cultures to be used as ingredients in licensee products such as infant formula, as well as royalty revenue for pediatric products, Adult Health segment includes gut health tablets, oral health lozenges and cultures as an ingredient in a licensee's dairy products, and Other segment include royalties in respect of development projects, revenue from packaging solutions in the subsidiary CapAble, etc. Geographically, it operates in three regions; Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Americas.