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Veritas Farms (Veritas Farms) Beta : 0.67 (As of May. 22, 2024)


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What is Veritas Farms Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-05-22), Veritas Farms's Beta is 0.67.


Veritas Farms Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for Veritas Farms's Beta can be seen below:

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Veritas Farms Beta Chart

Veritas Farms Annual Data
Trend Jan16 Jan17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
Beta
Get a 7-Day Free Trial - - 2.26 2.29 0.96

Veritas Farms Quarterly Data
Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23
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 0.93 0.96 0.87 1.23 0.81

Competitive Comparison of Veritas Farms's Beta

For the Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic subindustry, Veritas Farms'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.


Veritas Farms's Beta Distribution in the Drug Manufacturers Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Veritas Farms's Beta falls into.



Veritas Farms 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.


Veritas Farms  (OTCPK:VFRM) 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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Veritas Farms (Veritas Farms) Business Description

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Address
401 E. Las Olas Boulevard, Suite 1400, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA, 33001
Veritas Farms Inc is engaged in producing natural rich-hemp products, using strict natural protocols and materials yielding broad spectrum phytocannabinoid rich hemp oils, distillates and isolates. Its products include Full Spectrum CBD Tincture, Full Spectrum CBD Salve, Full Spectrum CBD Capsules, Full Spectrum CBD Lotion and Others.