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Enanta Pharmaceuticals (Enanta Pharmaceuticals) Beta : 1.02 (As of May. 14, 2024)


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What is Enanta Pharmaceuticals Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-05-14), Enanta Pharmaceuticals's Beta is 1.02.


Enanta Pharmaceuticals Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for Enanta Pharmaceuticals's Beta can be seen below:

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Enanta Pharmaceuticals Beta Chart

Enanta Pharmaceuticals Annual Data
Trend Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23
Beta
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.14 0.51 0.29 0.46 0.61

Enanta Pharmaceuticals Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 0.44 0.54 0.61 0.76 0.95

Competitive Comparison of Enanta Pharmaceuticals's Beta

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Enanta Pharmaceuticals'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.


Enanta Pharmaceuticals's Beta Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Enanta Pharmaceuticals's Beta distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Enanta Pharmaceuticals's Beta falls into.



Enanta Pharmaceuticals 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.


Enanta Pharmaceuticals  (NAS:ENTA) 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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Enanta Pharmaceuticals (Enanta Pharmaceuticals) Business Description

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Address
500 Arsenal Street, Watertown, MA, USA, 02472
Enanta Pharmaceuticals Inc is an American biotechnology company focused on the research and development of molecule drugs to cure viral infections and liver diseases. The targeted diseases are hepatitis C, hepatitis B, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, and the respiratory syncytial virus. The novelty of company research is a specific direct-acting antiviral inhibitor against the hepatitis C virus. The company's inhibitors have been developed in collaboration with AbbVie. AbbVie markets the protease inhibitor, paritaprevir, while other inhibitors are in the pipeline.
Executives
Terry Vance director C/O ENANTA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 500 ARSENAL STREET, WATERTOWN MA 02472
Scott T. Rottinghaus officer: Chief Medical Officer C/O ENANTA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 500 ARSENAL STREET, WATERTOWN MA 02472
Brendan Luu officer: Sr. VP, Business Dev. C/O ENANTA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 500 ARSENAL STREET, WATERTOWN MA 02472
Tara Lynn Kieffer officer: Sr. VP, New Product Dev. C/O ENANTA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 500 ARSENAL STREET, WATERTOWN MA 02472
Yat Sun Or officer: Chief Scientific Officer C/O ENANTA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 500 ARSENAL STREET, WATERTOWN MA 02472
Jay R. Luly director, officer: President and CEO C/O ENANTA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 500 ARSENAL STREET, WATERTOWN MA 02472
Nathaniel S. Gardiner director C/O ENANTA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 500 ARSENAL STREET, WATERTOWN MA 02472
Paul J Mellett officer: Treasurer and CFO C/O ENANTA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 500 ARSENAL STREET, WATERTOWN MA 02472
Nathalie Adda officer: Sr. VP & Chief Medical Officer C/O ENANTA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 500 ARSENAL STREET, WATERTOWN MA 02472
Carter Bruce L A director C/O ZYMOGENETICS, INC., 1201 EASTLAKE AVENUE, SEATTLE WA 98102
Lesley Russell director 41 MOORES RD., FRAZER PA 19355
Yujiro S Hata director C/O XENCOR, INC., 111 WEST LEMON AVENUE, MONROVIA CA 91016
Mark G Foletta director AMYLIN PHARMACEUTICALS INC, 9360 TOWNE CENTRE DR, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Kristine Peterson director AMARIN CORPORATION, MYSTIC PACKER BLDG., 12 ROOSEVELT AVENUE, MYSTIC CT 06355
George Golumbeski director C/O CELGENE CORP., 86 MORRIS AVENUE, SUMMIT NJ 07901

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