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Durect (Durect) Beta : 0.70 (As of Apr. 28, 2024)


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What is Durect Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-04-28), Durect's Beta is 0.70.


Durect Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for Durect'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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Durect Beta Chart

Durect Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Beta
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.55 1.31 1.02 1.00 0.46

Durect Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 1.00 1.50 1.04 1.23 0.46

Competitive Comparison of Durect's Beta

For the Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic subindustry, Durect'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.


Durect's Beta Distribution in the Drug Manufacturers Industry

For the Drug Manufacturers industry and Healthcare sector, Durect's Beta distribution charts can be found below:

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



Durect 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.


Durect  (NAS:DRRX) 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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Durect (Durect) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
10260 Bubb Road, Cupertino, CA, USA, 95014
Durect Corp is a biopharmaceutical company. It is engaged in the research, development, and manufacturing of pharmaceutical products. The company develops pharmaceutical products based on two categories which include new chemical entities and proprietary pharmaceutical programs. The company's pipeline products consist of DUR-928, POSIMIR, and others. Geographically, the company operates in the United States, Europe, Japan, and other countries, of which key revenue is derived from the Europe .
Executives
Judith J. Robertson director 10260 BUBB ROAD, CUPERTINO CA 95014
Gail J Maderis director 364 LOMBARD ST., SAN FRANCISCO CA 94133
Timothy M. Papp officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O DURECT CORPORATION, 10260 BUBB ROAD, CUPERTINO CA 95014
Gail M Farfel director 142 TEMPLE STREET, SUITE 205, NEW HAVEN CT 06510
Mohammad Azab director C/O SUPERGEN, INC., 4140 DUBLIN BLVD., SUITE 200, DUBLIN CA 94568
Peter S Garcia director ALX ONCOLOGY HOLDINGS INC., 866 MALCOLM ROAD, SUITE 100, BURLINGAME CA 94010
Simon X Benito director 967 LAWRENCE AVE, WESTFIELD NJ 07090
Norman Sussman officer: Chief Medical Officer C/O DURECT CORP., 10260 BUBB ROAD, CUPERTINO CA 95014
Bleichroeder Lp 10 percent owner 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, 47TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10105
Judy R Joice officer: Sr. VP Operations & Corp QA 10260 BUBB ROAD, CUPERTINO CA 95014
21 April Fund Lp 10 percent owner 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, 47TH FLOOR, New York NY 10105
Jon S Saxe director FIRST HORIZON PHARMACEUTICAL CORP, 660 HEMBREE PKWY STE 106, ROSWELL GA 30076
Michael Arenberg officer: Chief Financial Officer 10260 BUBB ROAD, CUPERTINO CA 95014
James E Brown director, officer: President & CEO 10240 BUBB RD, CUPERTINO CA 95014
First Eagle Investment Management, Llc 10 percent owner 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10105