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MEI Pharma (LTS:0JW9) Beta : -0.19 (As of Apr. 10, 2025)


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What is MEI Pharma Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2025-04-10), MEI Pharma's Beta is -0.19.


MEI Pharma Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for MEI Pharma's Beta can be seen below:

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MEI Pharma Beta Chart

MEI Pharma Annual Data
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Beta
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - - - - -1.08

MEI Pharma Quarterly Data
Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24
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 -0.11 - -1.08 -0.85 -0.73

Competitive Comparison of MEI Pharma's Beta

For the Biotechnology subindustry, MEI Pharma'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.


MEI Pharma's Beta Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where MEI Pharma's Beta falls into.


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MEI Pharma 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.


MEI Pharma  (LTS:0JW9) 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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MEI Pharma Business Description

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9920 Pacific Heights Blvd, Suite 150, San Diego, CA, USA, 92121
MEI Pharma Inc is focused on the clinical development of novel therapies for cancer. The company's clinical drug candidate includes Pracinostat, an orally available histone deacetylase inhibitor for the treatment of patients with acute myeloid leukemia and myelodysplastic syndrome. Its clinical development portfolio also includes Zandelisib, an oral inhibitor of phosphatidylinositide 3-kinase delta for the treatment of patients with recurrent chronic lymphocytic leukemia or follicular non-Hodgkin's lymphoma; and ME-344, an isoflavone-based mitochondrial inhibitor for the treatment of HER2-negative breast cancer and Pracinostat, an oral histone deacetylase inhibitor. Geographically, all the business activities function through the region of the United States.

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