Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-05-05), Sunesis Pharmaceuticals's Beta is Not available.
* 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 Sunesis Pharmaceuticals's Beta
For the Biotechnology subindustry, Sunesis 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.
Sunesis Pharmaceuticals's Beta Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry
For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Sunesis Pharmaceuticals's Beta distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Sunesis Pharmaceuticals's Beta falls into.
Sunesis 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.
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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Sunesis Pharmaceuticals (Sunesis Pharmaceuticals) Business Description
Sunesis Pharmaceuticals Inc is a US-based biopharmaceutical company. It focuses on the development and commercialization of its pipeline of oncology therapeutics for the treatment of solid and hematologic cancers. The product portfolio of the company includes Vosaroxin which is an anticancer quinolone derivative for the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia (AML). The company's other kinase inhibitor pipeline includes TAK-580, SNS-062, and SNS-229. Further, the firm's activities include conducting research and development internally and through corporate collaborators, in-licensing and out-licensing pharmaceutical compounds and technology, conducting clinical trials and raising capital. The firm derives substantially the majority of revenue from license and collaboration agreements.
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