Beta coefficient
Beta coefficient, b, is a measure of a stock's market risk, or the extent to which the returns on a given stock move with the stock market.
Definitions
According to Financial Management Theory and Practice by Eugene F. Brigham and Michael C. Ehrhardt (13th edition),
- Beta coefficient, b. A measure of a stock's market risk, or the extent to which the returns on a given stock move with the stock market.
According to Fundamentals of Financial Management by Eugene F. Brigham and Joel F. Houston (15th edition),
- Beta coefficient, b. A metric that shows the extent to which a given stock's returns move up and down with the stock market. Beta measures market risk.
Related concepts
- Financial management. A combination of enterprise efforts undertaken in order to procure and utilize monetary resources of the enterprise.
