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Rhythm Pharmaceuticals (STU:1RV) Beta : 2.14 (As of May. 19, 2024)


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What is Rhythm Pharmaceuticals Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-05-19), Rhythm Pharmaceuticals's Beta is 2.14.


Rhythm Pharmaceuticals Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for Rhythm Pharmaceuticals's Beta can be seen below:

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Rhythm Pharmaceuticals Beta Chart

Rhythm Pharmaceuticals Annual Data
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Beta
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only - - - 1.75 1.85

Rhythm Pharmaceuticals Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 1.97 1.90 1.55 1.85 2.07

Competitive Comparison of Rhythm Pharmaceuticals's Beta

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Rhythm 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.


Rhythm Pharmaceuticals's Beta Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Rhythm Pharmaceuticals's Beta distribution charts can be found below:

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



Rhythm 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.


Rhythm Pharmaceuticals  (STU:1RV) 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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Rhythm Pharmaceuticals (STU:1RV) Business Description

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222 Berkeley Street, 12th Floor, Boston, MA, USA, 02116
Rhythm Pharmaceuticals Inc is a biopharmaceutical company. It is engaged in development and commercialization of therapies for patients with rare diseases. It is focused on the development and commercialization of peptide therapeutics for the treatment of gastrointestinal, or GI, diseases, and genetic deficiencies that result in metabolic disorders. The company's product candidate is setmelanotide (RM 493), which is a potent, melanocortin 4, or MC4, receptor agonist for the treatment of rare genetic disorders of obesity caused by MC4 pathway deficiencies.

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