Yahoo Finance Does The Nutanix, Inc. (NASDAQ:NTNX) Share Price Tend To Follow The Market?
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If you own shares in Nutanix, Inc. (NASDAQ:NTNX) then it's worth thinking about how it contributes to the volatility of your portfolio, overall. In finance, Beta is a measure of volatility. Volatility is considered to be a measure of risk in modern finance theory. Investors may think of volatility as falling into two main categories. First, we have company specific volatility, which is the price gyrations of an individual stock. Holding at least 8 stocks can reduce this kind of risk across a portfolio. The second type is the broader market volatility, which you cannot diversify away, since it arises from macroeconomic factors which directly affects all the stocks on the market.
Some stocks see their prices move in concert with the market. Others tend towards stronger, gentler or unrelated price movements. Beta is a widely used metric to measure a stock's exposure to market risk (volatility). Before we go on, it's worth noting that Warren Buffett pointed out in his 2014 letter to shareholders that 'volatility is far from synonymous with risk.' Having said that, beta can still be rather useful. The first thing to understand about beta is that the beta of the overall market is one. A stock with a beta below one is either less volatile than the market, or more volatile but not corellated with the overall market. In comparison a stock with a beta of over one tends to be move in a similar direction to the market in the long term, but with greater changes in price.
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What NTNX's beta value tells investors
Given that it has a beta of 1.6, we can surmise that the Nutanix share price has been fairly sensitive to market volatility (over the last 5 years). Based on this history, investors should be aware that Nutanix are likely to rise strongly in times of greed, but sell off in times of fear. Beta is worth considering, but it's also important to consider whether Nutanix is growing earnings and revenue. You can take a look for yourself, below.
Could NTNX's size cause it to be more volatile?
Nutanix is a reasonably big company, with a market capitalisation of US$4.8b. Most companies this size are actively traded with decent volumes of shares changing hands each day. It takes a lot of money to influence the share price of large companies like this one. That makes it interesting to note that its share price has a history of sensitivity to market volatility. There might be some aspect of the business that means profits are leveraged to the economic cycle.
What this means for you:
Since Nutanix has a reasonably high beta, it's worth considering why it is so heavily influenced by broader market sentiment. For example, it might be a high growth stock or have a lot of operating leverage in its business model. In order to fully understand whether NTNX is a good investment for you, we also need to consider important company-specific fundamentals such as Nutanix’s financial health and performance track record. I urge you to continue your research by taking a look at the following:
Future Outlook: What are well-informed industry analysts predicting for NTNX’s future growth? Take a look at our free research report of analyst consensus for NTNX’s outlook.
Past Track Record: Has NTNX been consistently performing well irrespective of the ups and downs in the market? Go into more detail in the past performance analysis and take a look at the free visual representations of NTNX's historicals for more clarity.
Other Interesting Stocks: It's worth checking to see how NTNX measures up against other companies on valuation. You could start with this free list of prospective options.
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