Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-12-12), Emmaus Life Sciences's Beta is 14.45.
* 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 Emmaus Life Sciences's Beta
For the Biotechnology subindustry, Emmaus Life Sciences'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.
Emmaus Life Sciences's Beta Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry
For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Emmaus Life Sciences's Beta distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Emmaus Life Sciences's Beta falls into.
Emmaus Life Sciences 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.
Emmaus Life Sciences (OTCPK:EMMA) 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)
Emmaus Life Sciences Beta Related Terms
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Emmaus Life Sciences Inc is a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery, development, and commercialization of new treatments and therapies predominantly for rare and orphan diseases. The company's commercial product is Endari, an oral pharmaceutical grade L-glutamine treatment indicated to reduce acute complications of sickle cell disease in adult and pediatric patients five years of age and older. Its products in the pipeline include Diverticulosis and Cell Sheet Engineering.
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