Galapagos Nv Stock Beta

GLPG Stock  EUR 23.96  0.98  3.93%   
Galapagos NV fundamentals help investors to digest information that contributes to Galapagos' financial success or failures. It also enables traders to predict the movement of Galapagos Stock. The fundamental analysis module provides a way to measure Galapagos' intrinsic value by examining its available economic and financial indicators, including the cash flow records, the balance sheet account changes, the income statement patterns, and various microeconomic indicators and financial ratios related to Galapagos stock.
  
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Galapagos NV Company Beta Analysis

Galapagos' Beta is one of the most important measures of equity market volatility. Beta can be thought of as asset elasticity or sensitivity to market. In other words, it is a number that shows the relationship of an equity instrument to the financial market in which this instrument is traded. For example, if Beta of equity is 2, it is expected to significantly outperform market when the market is going up and significantly underperform when the market is going down. Similarly, Beta of 1 indicates that an asset and market will generate similar returns over time.

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Current Galapagos Beta

    
  0.0688  
Most of Galapagos' fundamental indicators, such as Beta, are part of a valuation analysis module that helps investors searching for stocks that are currently trading at higher or lower prices than their real value. If the real value is higher than the market price, Galapagos NV is considered to be undervalued, and we provide a buy recommendation. Otherwise, we render a sell signal.
In a nutshell, Beta is a measure of individual stock risk relative to the overall volatility of the stock market. and is calculated based on very sound finance theory - Capital Assets Pricing Model (CAPM).However, since Beta is calculated based on historical price movements it may not predict how a firm's stock is going to perform in the future.
Competition

In accordance with the recently published financial statements, Galapagos NV has a Beta of 0.0688. This is 92.0% lower than that of the Biotechnology sector and 95.05% lower than that of the Health Care industry. The beta for all Netherlands stocks is 145.87% lower than that of the firm.

Galapagos Beta Peer Comparison

Stock peer comparison is one of the most widely used and accepted methods of equity analyses. It analyses Galapagos' direct or indirect competition against its Beta to detect undervalued stocks with similar characteristics or determine the stocks which would be a good addition to a portfolio. Peer analysis of Galapagos could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing Galapagos by comparing valuation metrics of similar companies.
Galapagos is currently under evaluation in beta category among its peers.
As returns on the market increase, Galapagos' returns are expected to increase less than the market. However, during the bear market, the loss of holding Galapagos is expected to be smaller as well.

Galapagos Fundamentals

About Galapagos Fundamental Analysis

The Macroaxis Fundamental Analysis modules help investors analyze Galapagos NV's financials across various querterly and yearly statements, indicators and fundamental ratios. We help investors to determine the real value of Galapagos using virtually all public information available. We use both quantitative as well as qualitative analysis to arrive at the intrinsic value of Galapagos NV based on its fundamental data. In general, a quantitative approach, as applied to this company, focuses on analyzing financial statements comparatively, whereas a qaualitative method uses data that is important to a company's growth but cannot be measured and presented in a numerical way.
Please read more on our fundamental analysis page.

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Additional Tools for Galapagos Stock Analysis

When running Galapagos' price analysis, check to measure Galapagos' market volatility, profitability, liquidity, solvency, efficiency, growth potential, financial leverage, and other vital indicators. We have many different tools that can be utilized to determine how healthy Galapagos is operating at the current time. Most of Galapagos' value examination focuses on studying past and present price action to predict the probability of Galapagos' future price movements. You can analyze the entity against its peers and the financial market as a whole to determine factors that move Galapagos' price. Additionally, you may evaluate how the addition of Galapagos to your portfolios can decrease your overall portfolio volatility.