The Beta of Widepoint Corp is 0.99
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.
widepoint corporation is a leading provider of wireless mobility management and cybersecurity solutions. identity access management, multi-factor authentication and critical response management offer advanced information technology through its innovative solutions to the government and commercial markets. widepoint is comprised of four business groups with each offering unique capabilities specializing in emergency response management solutions, asymmetric authentication deployed as pki, wireless telecommunication expense management services, forensic informatics system engineering and consulting services. we provide leadership on trusted virtual and physical credentialing authentication, authorization and attribute tracking; and competitive sourcing of wireless telecommunication services to meet the demands of our government and commercial customers. we intend to grow significantly over the next few years through a combination of aggressive organic growth, the acquiring of selective