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Nanosphere Health Sciences (Nanosphere Health Sciences) Beta : 4.11 (As of May. 11, 2024)


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What is Nanosphere Health Sciences Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-05-11), Nanosphere Health Sciences's Beta is 4.11.


Nanosphere Health Sciences Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for Nanosphere Health Sciences's Beta can be seen below:

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Nanosphere Health Sciences Beta Chart

Nanosphere Health Sciences Annual Data
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Beta
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.66 4.11 2.03 0.42 -0.97

Nanosphere Health Sciences Quarterly Data
Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23
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 -0.55 -0.97 -1.58 -0.69 -0.34

Competitive Comparison of Nanosphere Health Sciences's Beta

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Nanosphere Health 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.


Nanosphere Health Sciences's Beta Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Nanosphere Health Sciences's Beta distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Nanosphere Health Sciences's Beta falls into.



Nanosphere Health 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.


Nanosphere Health Sciences  (OTCPK:NSHSF) 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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Nanosphere Health Sciences (Nanosphere Health Sciences) Business Description

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1090 West Georgia Street, Suite 488, Vancouver, BC, CAN, V6E 3V7
Nanosphere Health Sciences Inc is a nano-biotechnology company. The company is focused on providing next-generation delivery of nutritive elements and medications. Its NanoSphere Delivery System platform technology addresses the problems of low bioavailability and excessive dosage amounts of a wide range of bioactive compounds. It focuses on developing nanoencapsulation technology for the delivery of nutritive elements and medicants through licensing arrangements.