Yahoo Finance One Thing To Remember About The Uranium Energy Corp. (NYSEMKT:UEC) Share Price
If you own shares in Uranium Energy Corp. (NYSEMKT:UEC) 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. The first category is company specific volatility. This can be dealt with by limiting your exposure to any particular stock. 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 greater than one is more sensitive to broader market movements than a stock with a beta of less than one.
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What we can learn from UEC's beta value
Given that it has a beta of 1.49, we can surmise that the Uranium Energy share price has been fairly sensitive to market volatility (over the last 5 years). If this beta value holds true in the future, Uranium Energy shares are likely to rise more than the market when the market is going up, but fall faster when the market is going down. Beta is worth considering, but it's also important to consider whether Uranium Energy is growing earnings and revenue. You can take a look for yourself, below.
Does UEC's size influence the expected beta?
Uranium Energy is a rather small company. It has a market capitalisation of US$183m, which means it is probably under the radar of most investors. It has a relatively high beta, suggesting it is fairly actively traded for a company of its size. Because it takes less capital to move the share price of a small company like this, when a stock this size is actively traded it is quite often more sensitive to market volatility than similar large companies.
What this means for you:
Since Uranium Energy 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. This article aims to educate investors about beta values, but it's well worth looking at important company-specific fundamentals such as Uranium Energy’s financial health and performance track record. I highly recommend you dive deeper by considering the following:
Future Outlook: What are well-informed industry analysts predicting for UEC’s future growth? Take a look at our free research report of analyst consensus for UEC’s outlook.
Past Track Record: Has UEC 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 UEC's historicals for more clarity.
Other Interesting Stocks: It's worth checking to see how UEC measures up against other companies on valuation. You could start with this free list of prospective options.
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