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Ambarella (Ambarella) Beta : 1.72 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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What is Ambarella Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-04-27), Ambarella's Beta is 1.72.


Ambarella Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for Ambarella'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.

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Ambarella Beta Chart

Ambarella Annual Data
Trend Jan15 Jan16 Jan17 Jan18 Jan19 Jan20 Jan21 Jan22 Jan23 Jan24
Beta
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.51 1.54 1.36 1.50 1.69

Ambarella Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
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 1.50 1.67 1.72 1.91 1.69

Competitive Comparison of Ambarella's Beta

For the Semiconductor Equipment & Materials subindustry, Ambarella'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.


Ambarella's Beta Distribution in the Semiconductors Industry

For the Semiconductors industry and Technology sector, Ambarella's Beta distribution charts can be found below:

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



Ambarella 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.


Ambarella  (NAS:AMBA) 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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Ambarella (Ambarella) Business Description

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Address
3101 Jay Street, Santa Clara, CA, USA, 95054
Ambarella Inc is a developer of semiconductor processing solutions for high-definition video capture, sharing, and display. The firm's solutions are sold to original design manufacturers and original equipment manufacturers to be designed for use in infrastructure broadcast encoders, wearable device cameras, automotive cameras, and security cameras. Ambarella's system-on-a-chip designs, based on its proprietary technology platform, are highly configurable to applications in various end markets. Geographical presence in Taiwan, Asia Pacific, Europe, North America and United States. The firm derives majority of revenue from Taiwan.
Executives
Christopher B Paisley director 14870 THREE OAKS COURT, SARATOGA CA 95070
Chi-hong Ju officer: Sr. Vice President, Systems 3101 JAY STREET, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Chan W Lee officer: Chief Operating Officer 3101 JAY STREET, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Brian C White officer: CFO C/O INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC., 6024 SILVER CREEK VALLEY ROAD, SAN JOSE CA 95138
Feng-ming Wang director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 2975 SAN YSIDRO WAY, SANTA CLARA CA 95051
Christopher Day officer: See Remarks 2975 SAN YSIDRO WAY, SANTA CLARA CA 95051
Leslie Kohn director, officer: Chief Technology Officer 2975 SAN YSIDRO WAY, SANTA CLARA CA 95051
Elizabeth M Schwarting director 3101 JAY STREET, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
David Jeffrey Richardson director LSI LOGIC CORP, 1621 BARBER LANE, MILPITAS CA 95035
Yun-lung Chen officer: Vice President, Sales 3101 JAY STREET, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Kevin C Eichler officer: CFO C/O AMBARELLA, INC., 3101 JAY STREET, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Andrew W Verhalen director C/O MATRIX PARTNERS, 250 HOMER AVE SUITE 201, PALO ALTO CA 94301
Greef-safft Anne De director 11 KEEWAYDIN DRIVE, SUITE 300, SALEM NH 03079
Teresa H Meng director 2535 VALLEJO STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94123
Chenming Hu director 2060 PEBBLE DRIVE, ALAMO CA 94507