Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-05-12), Aptevo Therapeutics's Beta is 1.35.
* 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.
Competitive Comparison of Aptevo Therapeutics's Beta
For the Biotechnology subindustry, Aptevo Therapeutics'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.
Aptevo Therapeutics's Beta Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry
For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Aptevo Therapeutics's Beta distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Aptevo Therapeutics's Beta falls into.
Aptevo Therapeutics 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.
Aptevo Therapeutics (NAS:APVO) 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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Aptevo Therapeutics (Aptevo Therapeutics) Business Description
Aptevo Therapeutics Inc is a clinical-stage, research and development biotechnology company focused on developing novel immunotherapeutic candidates for the treatment of different forms of cancer. Its clinical candidate, APVO436, and preclinical candidates, ALG.APV-527 and APVO603, were developed using ADAPTIR modular protein technology platform. The versatile and robust ADAPTIR and ADAPTIR-FLEX platforms are designed to generate monospecific, bispecific, and multi-specific antibody candidates that are capable of enhancing the human immune system against cancer cells.
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