When it comes to evaluating stocks, one of the most widely used risk measures is Beta. It tells investors how a stock or a portfolio moves in relation to the overall market, usually represented by an ...

Last week, we received some excellent feedback in response to Monday’s article on calculating a stock’s beta. So today, I’m going to take this little-known metric one step further by showing you how ...

Portfolio beta is the measure of an entire portfolio’s sensitivity to market changes while stock beta is just a snapshot of an individual stock’s volatility.

How to Calculate Beta Beta is often calculated using something called regression analysis plotting, which compares a stock’s returns against those of the overall market.

A stock's beta is a critical input when calculating its cost of equity (and weighted average cost of capital).