Houston Wire & Cable Company (HWCC)

11.25 +0.16  +1.44%  May 29, 8:00PM Go Pro
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Houston Wire & Cable Company Beta: 1.601

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HWCC Beta Range, Past 5 Years

Minimum 1.583 Mar 2010
Maximum 2.100 Jun 2009
Average 1.692

About Beta 60 Month

YCharts calculates the 60 month market beta by regressing stock returns less the risk free rate of returns on the market returns less the risk free rate of return (Market returns come from the S&P 500 Total Returns Index (SPXTR), and the risk free rate is the 4 Week Average T-Bill (Monthly). There must be a minimum of 36 months of stock returns for a company to have its beta calculated.

Beta is a measure of the risk of a stock when it is included in a well-diversified portfolio.

In financial theory, the Capital Asset Pricing Model breaks down expected stock returns into two components. The first is the return that would be expected based on covariance with the movements of the market (for most stocks, when the market as a whole goes up, the price of the stock will also go up). The second part is the increase in the price of a stock that is not explained by the market. The first part - covariance with the market - is what Beta captures.

When Beta is positive, the stock price tends to move in the same direction as the market, and the magnitude of Beta tells by how much. If a stock's Beta is greater than 1, that means that when the market index goes up 1%, we expect the stock will go up by more than 1%. On the contrary, if the market goes down by 1%, we expect the stock to go down by more than 1%. Negative Betas, while rare, signify a negative correlation. When the market goes up, we would expect the stock price to go down.

For readers with a background in regression analysis, Beta is the slope of the linear regression shown in the formula below, where Returns are the return on an individual stock or portfolio, Rf is the risk free rate, RMarket is the return on a market portfolio, and e is an error term.
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HWCC News

Listen to $HWCC Q1 2012 earnings call - live at 11:00 AM, ondemand after - http://stks.co/3lbl
about 20 days ago by earningscast
Earnings Scheduled For May 10
May 10, 4:01AM Benzinga
$HWCC filed latest Proxy Statement with the SEC (Form DEF 14A) http://stks.co/38Jc
about 62 days ago by MarketBrief
$HWCC filed latest Annual Report http://stks.co/2tA6
about 75 days ago by MarketBrief
Listen to $HWCC Q4 2011 earnings call - live at 11:00 AM, ondemand after - http://stks.co/2sQb
about 76 days ago by earningscast
$HWCC Reports Q4 EPS $0.17 vs $0.25 Est; Revenues $87.5M vs $101.41M Est
about 76 days ago by Benzinga
$HWCC filed latest Quarterly Report http://stks.co/13jI
about 202 days ago by MarketBrief
Today's Dividend-Paying Winners and Losers: http://stk.ly/jNhv1s / $SUG $WHG $TNC $HWCC $KR / $THO $MOS $MCO $AKS $DST $VHI $TNH
about 348 days ago by DynamicDividend
Houston Wire & Cable ups dividend following another blowout quarter. CEO/President stepping down. Yields 2.16%. http://goo.gl/9lhuG / $HWCC
about 391 days ago by DynamicDividend
This Week's Dividend-Paying Winners and Losers: http://goo.gl/wZI0d / $LZ $HWCC $BTU $CNX $NEU / $NKE $COH $GES $CCJ $BWS
about 438 days ago by DynamicDividend
Houston Wire & Cable is up 10% in the face of today's broad selloff, thanks to strong Q4 results. Yields 2.61%. http://goo.gl/lTzQ9 $HWCC
about 442 days ago by DynamicDividend
$HWCC sees FY10 EPS of 3-6c, on sales of $65-$70M
about 727 days ago by Street_Insider
$HWCC rated a buy
about 774 days ago by beyulee
$HWCC Need lots of wire to hook up alternative energy souces, Wind , Solar, You name it. This stock is going higher.
about 785 days ago by beyulee
$HWCC buying more
about 786 days ago by beyulee
$HWCC Got to have copper wire to hook all the wind power up
about 789 days ago by beyulee
$HWCC at its lows will go higher from here
about 792 days ago by beyulee
$HWCC still need wire for wind & solar
about 793 days ago by beyulee
$HWCC added to position
about 796 days ago by beyulee
Stock Breakouts Jan 15th: Stock Breakouts: Meager pickings, $FRG (support $4.80), $HWCC (stop $12.19), $TPYE (s.. http://bit.ly/6Znxcc
about 865 days ago by fallond_markets
$HWCC high of teh day after gap up breakout. $$
about 866 days ago by momomiester
My to buy list: $ANR, $HWCC, $QQQQ, $IP, $BCSI, $RS, $HK, $SU, $AU, $KSS, $NUAN, $SCHN, $ODFL, $XSD Good Luck
about 1081 days ago by Mottipeer
Industrial Goods, US Wire-Cable Infrastructure Play with 2.6% yield and research target up to $29! Attractive reco on pullback for $HWCC
about 1087 days ago by ToroGreen
Stocks I watch pulling back hefty percentage on light volume. Bought a little $SWN. Holding $HWCC, wow!
about 1114 days ago by banjo5
A number of stocks I'm interested in are starting to shape up, BE CAREFUL $TTM $TINY $EWZ $EWC $STP $MELI $HWCC $AINV $CLF $CSX $IFN $MR
about 1153 days ago by banjo5

Recent Quotes

Symbol Price Chg Chg % Market Cap
HWCC 11.25 +0.16 +1.44% 197.62M
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