Arctic Bioscience AS (OSL:ABS) Beta: 0.8886 (As of Jul. 11, 2026)

Arctic Bioscience AS  (OSL:ABS) 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)

Arctic Bioscience AS Beta Related Terms

The historical data trend for Arctic Bioscience AS'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.
* 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.

Arctic Bioscience AS Beta Chart

Arctic Bioscience AS Semi-Annual Data
	Dec18	Dec19	Jun20	Dec20	Jun21	Dec21	Jun22	Dec22	Jun23	Dec23	Jun24	Dec24	Jun25	Dec25
Beta	Get a 7-Day Free Trial									0.00	1.61	-0.66	2.52	-2.38

OSL:ABS vs VRTX, REGN, ALNY: Beta Comparison

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Arctic Bioscience AS'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.

Arctic Bioscience AS Beta vs Biotechnology Industry

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Arctic Bioscience AS's Beta distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Arctic Bioscience AS's Beta falls into.

Arctic Bioscience AS 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.

Arctic Bioscience AS Business Description