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Koninklijke Philips NV (Koninklijke Philips NV) Beta

: 0.97 (As of Today)
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Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-04-19), Koninklijke Philips NV's Beta is 0.97.


Koninklijke Philips NV Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for Koninklijke Philips NV's Beta can be seen below:

* 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.

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Koninklijke Philips NV Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Beta
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.20 0.89 0.81 0.71 1.02

Koninklijke Philips NV Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Beta 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.71 0.88 0.92 0.98 1.02

Competitive Comparison

For the Medical Devices subindustry, Koninklijke Philips NV'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.


Koninklijke Philips NV Beta Distribution

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

* The bar in red indicates where Koninklijke Philips NV's Beta falls into.



Koninklijke Philips NV 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.


Koninklijke Philips NV  (NYSE:PHG) 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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Koninklijke Philips NV (Koninklijke Philips NV) Business Description

Address
Philips Center, Amstelplein 2, Amsterdam, NLD, 1096 BC
Philips is a diversified global healthcare company operating in three segments: diagnosis and treatment, connected care, and personal health. Around 50% of the company's revenue comes from the diagnosis and treatment segment, which features imaging systems, ultrasound equipment, image-guided therapy solutions and healthcare informatics. The connected care segment (around 30% of revenue) encompasses monitoring and analytics systems for hospitals and sleep and respiratory care devices, whereas the personal health business (remainder of revenue) includes electric toothbrushes and men's grooming and personal-care products.