How Do I Find High Beta Stocks?
A Beta of Above 1.0 Means That the Stock Will Have Greater Volatility Than the Market and a Beta Less Than 1.0 Indicates Lower Volatility. Volatility Is...
A beta of above 1.0 means that the stock will have greater volatility than the market and a beta less than 1.0 indicates lower volatility. Volatility is usually an indicator of risk and higher betas mean higher risk while lower betas mean lower risk.
Which stocks have a high beta?
High Beta Dividend Stocks
- International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. (NYSE:IFF)
- Sysco Corporation (NYSE:SYY)
- Baker Hughes Company (NASDAQ:BKR)
- Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE:BBY)
- Boston Properties, Inc. (NYSE:BXP)
How do you find a stocks beta?
A security's beta is calculated by dividing the product of the covariance of the security's returns and the market's returns by the variance of the market's returns over a specified period. The beta calculation is used to help investors understand whether a stock moves in the same direction as the rest of the market.
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