The Beta of Quest Water Global, Inc. is -2.58
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.
Quest Water Global, Inc. operates as a water technology company in Canada. It provides solutions that address the shortage of clean water in water scarce and developing regions. The company develops AQUAtap, a proprietary community drinking water system that is a self-contained water purification system; and WEPS, a unique, proprietary water extraction and purification system that produces clean drinking water from humidity in the atmosphere. Quest Water Global, Inc. was incorporated in 2010 and is based in North Vancouver, Canada.