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Roche Holding AG (Roche Holding AG) Beta : 0.51 (As of Apr. 25, 2024)


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What is Roche Holding AG Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-04-25), Roche Holding AG's Beta is 0.51.


Roche Holding AG Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for Roche Holding AG's Beta can be seen below:

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Roche Holding AG Beta Chart

Roche Holding AG 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 0.47 0.32 0.36 0.36 0.53

Roche Holding AG Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
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 0.36 0.44 0.36 0.45 0.53

Competitive Comparison of Roche Holding AG's Beta

For the Drug Manufacturers - General subindustry, Roche Holding AG'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.


Roche Holding AG's Beta Distribution in the Drug Manufacturers Industry

For the Drug Manufacturers industry and Healthcare sector, Roche Holding AG's Beta distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Roche Holding AG's Beta falls into.



Roche Holding AG 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.


Roche Holding AG  (OTCPK:RHHBY) 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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Roche Holding AG (Roche Holding AG) Business Description

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Grenzacherstrasse 124, Basel, CHE, 4070
Roche is a Swiss biopharmaceutical and diagnostic company. The firm's best-selling pharmaceutical products include a variety of oncology therapies from acquired partner Genentech, and its diagnostics group was bolstered by the acquisition of Ventana in 2008. Oncology products account for 50% of pharmaceutical sales, and centralized and point-of-care diagnostics for more than half of diagnostic-related sales.

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