Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-05-12), Ixia's Beta is Not available.
Ixia Beta Historical Data
The historical data trend for Ixia'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.
For the Information Technology Services subindustry, Ixia'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.
Ixia's Beta Distribution in the Software Industry
For the Software industry and Technology sector, Ixia's Beta distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Ixia's Beta falls into.
Ixia 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.
Ixia (NAS:XXIA) 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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Ixia was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Calabasas, California. The Company provides application performance and security resilience network test and network visibility solutions that validate, secure, and optimize businesses' physical and virtual networks. The Company has operations in EMEA and Asia Pacific region. It offers an always-on user experience through fast, secure delivery of dynamic, connected technologies and services. The Company uses direct sales force to market and sell its products and solutions and has number of ongoing programs to support the sale and distribution of products and solutions and to inform existing and potential customers, partners and distributors about the capabilities and benefits of systems. The Company serves network equipment manufacturers, service providers, enterprises and government agencies. The Company competes with network test and monitoring solution vendors such as Spirent Communications, Gigamon, Danaher, Aeroflex, JDS Uniphase, and NetScout.
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