The Beta of Suda Pharmaceuticals Ltd is -1.47
BETA indicates whether a stock is more or less volatile than the market as a whole. A beta less than 1 indicates that the stock is less volatile than the market, while a beta more than 1 indicates that the stock is more volatile. Volatility is measured as the fluctuation of the price around the mean.
Beta is a measure of the risk arising from exposure to general market movements as opposed to idiosyncratic factors. The market portfolio of all investable assets has a beta of exactly 1. A beta below 1 can indicate either an investment with lower volatility than the market, or a volatile investment whose price movements are not highly correlated with the market. A beta greater than one generally means that the asset both is volatile and tends to move up and down with the market. Beta is important because it measures the risk of an investment that cannot be reduced by diversification. It does not measure the risk of an investment held on a stand-alone basis, but the amount of risk the investment adds to an already-diversified portfolio. In the capital asset pricing model, beta risk is the only kind of risk for which investors should receive an expected return higher than the risk-free rate of interest.
Suda Pharmaceuticals Ltd engages in the development of drug delivery technology in Australia, India, Europe and Korea. It offers ZolpiMist, an oro-mucosal spray formulation of zolpidem tartrate marketed under the brand name of Ambien or Stilnox, a non-benzodiazepine prescribed for the short-term treatment of insomnia. The company's product pipeline includes Sumatriptan, an oral spray formulation for the treatment of acute migraine; and anagrelide, a platelet lowering agent for use in thrombosis, which is used for the treatment of cancer. Suda Pharmaceuticals Ltd has license and supply agreement with Teva Pharmaceuticals International GmbH and Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Singapore for ZolpiMist oral spray; product development, licence, and supply agreement with Cann Pharmaceutical Australia Ltd for the development of novel oral spray of pharmaceutical-grade cannabinoid derivatives for the treatment of drug resistant epilepsy, melanoma, and motion sickness; and feasibility and option agreement with Zelira Therapeutics for the use of cannabinoids for a range of uses, including insomnia, autism, opioid reduction, anxiety, pain, and cancer. The company also has a feasibility study and option agreement with Laboratorios Ordesa, S.L. The company was formerly known as Suda Limited and changed its name to Suda Pharmaceuticals Ltd in November 2017. Suda Pharmaceuticals Ltd was incorporated in 1999 and is headquartered in Osborne Park, Australia.