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Dynasil of America (Dynasil of America) Beta : -0.16 (As of Apr. 28, 2024)


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What is Dynasil of America Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-04-28), Dynasil of America's Beta is -0.16.


Dynasil of America Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for Dynasil of America'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.
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Dynasil of America Beta Chart

Dynasil of America Annual Data
Trend Sep10 Sep11 Sep12 Sep13 Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19
Beta
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.18 0.48 -0.21 0.18 0.70

Dynasil of America Quarterly Data
Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19
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 0.18 0.41 0.79 0.66 0.70

Competitive Comparison of Dynasil of America's Beta

For the Scientific & Technical Instruments subindustry, Dynasil of America'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.


Dynasil of America's Beta Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Dynasil of America's Beta distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Dynasil of America's Beta falls into.



Dynasil of America 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.


Dynasil of America  (OTCPK:DYSL) 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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Dynasil of America (Dynasil of America) Business Description

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Address
313 Washington Street, Suite 403, Newton, MA, USA, 02458
Dynasil Corp of America is a US-based company. It operates in three segments. The Optics segment, which is the key revenue driver, encompasses Dynasil Fused Silica, Evaporated Metal Films, Hilger Crystals, and Optometrics. It manufactures commercial products, including optical crystals for sensing in the security and medical imaging markets, and optical components, optical coatings and optical materials for scientific instrumentation and other applications. The Innovation and Development segment consists of the Radiation Monitoring Devices. The Biomedical segment consists of Dynasil Biomedical, a medical technology incubator that owns rights to certain early-stage medical technologies.
Executives
Bowdring Robert Joseph Jr officer: Former CFO 92 GOULD STREET, WAKEFIELD MA 01880
Alan B Levine director
Lawrence Joseph Fox director C/O ABERDEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT INC., 1735 MARKET STREET - 32ND FLOOR, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Craig T Dunham director, 10 percent owner DYNASIL CORPORATION, 385 COOPER ROAD, WEST BERLIN NJ 08091
David Kronfeld director JK&B CAPITAL, 180 N. STETSON AVENUE, SUITE 4500, CHICAGO IL 60601
Thomas C Leonard director KADANT INC., 1 TECHONOLOGY PARK DRIVE, WESTFORD MA 01886
Gerald Entine 10 percent owner 100 BELVIDERE STREET, SUITE 10B, BOSTON MA 02199