Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-05-19), American Bio Medica's Beta is 9.57.
* 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 American Bio Medica's Beta
For the Diagnostics & Research subindustry, American Bio Medica'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.
American Bio Medica's Beta Distribution in the Medical Diagnostics & Research Industry
For the Medical Diagnostics & Research industry and Healthcare sector, American Bio Medica's Beta distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where American Bio Medica's Beta falls into.
American Bio Medica 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.
American Bio Medica (OTCPK:ABMC) 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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American Bio Medica (American Bio Medica) Business Description
American Bio Medica Corp is a us-based company engaged in manufacturing and selling lateral flow immunoassay tests, primarily for the immediate detection of certain drugs in urine and oral fluids at the point of collection. It also manufactures and sells drug testing products and provides bulk test strip manufacturing services to unaffiliated third parties on a contract basis. The company offers few urine tests which include Rapid Drug Screen, RDS InCup, Rapid TOX, and Rapid TOX Cup II. Its target customer includes workplace, government, corrections, clinical and educational markets. Geographically, it derives a majority of revenue from the United States.
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