Plantronics (PLT)

30.08 -0.46  -1.51%  May 31, 5:21PM Go Pro
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Plantronics Beta: 1.833

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PLT Beta Range, Past 5 Years

Minimum 1.544 Jun 2007
Maximum 2.494 Jan 2008
Average 2.071

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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PLT News

Is Plantronics Going to Burn You?
May 07, 10:59AM Fool
Why Plantronics Sank
May 02, 2:51PM Fool
$PLT Volume Alert - Currently at 5 x average daily volume.
about 29 days ago by TradeIdeasQuant
$PLT 200 Day SMA Cross - Price crossed below 200 day SMA (34.8653). Confirmed by volume.
about 30 days ago by TradeIdeasQuant
Plantronics' First Dividend Hike Doubles Payout: http://stks.co/3c2o $PLT
about 30 days ago by DynamicDividend
Listen to $PLT Q4 2012 earnings call - live at 05:00 PM, ondemand after - http://stks.co/3c0Q
about 30 days ago by earningscast
Plantronics, Inc. (PLT) Misses Q1 EPS by 3c
May 01, 4:11PM Street Insider
$BRCM, $CBOE, $CHK, $CBT, $CNW, $FLEX, $NTRI, $OPEN, and $PLT..important earnings out after close today. Tune in http://stks.co/3bl5
about 30 days ago by daytraderrockstar
$PLT is at extreme risk for a sustained market panic -- now through May 2013, with long term resistance at $41.82 to $44.51
about 51 days ago by Global_Macro
Plantronics Passes This Key Test
Apr 02, 12:34PM Fool
[$$] Looking for Ideas in Shared Workspaces
Mar 20, 8:56PM The Wall Street Journal
$PLT Announces New 1,000,000 Share Repurchase Authorization
about 84 days ago by Benzinga
Correct: $PLT Looking for Replacement CFO, Current CFO Planning Retirement
about 91 days ago by Benzinga
$PLT Looking for Replacement CFO, Current CEO Planning Retirement
about 91 days ago by Benzinga
$PLT Insider Sale: $1.3M of stock sold by Donald Houston (Top Sales Executive - Global.e) on February 3, 2012 http://stks.co/2IHn
about 114 days ago by MarketBrief
$PLT Insider Sale: $1.3M of stock sold by Donald Houston (Top Sales Executive - Global.e) on February 3, 2012 http://stks.co/2Gtp
about 115 days ago by MarketBrief
$PLT filed latest Quarterly Report http://stks.co/2Dcl
about 119 days ago by MarketBrief
Plantronics Launches Smarter Working Initiative
Feb 01, 11:00AM Business Wire
Listen to $PLT Q3 2012 earnings call (EPS 0.75 vs est 0.68) - live at 05:00 PM, ondemand after - http://stks.co/2B6J
about 121 days ago by earningscast
$PLT Reports Q3 EPS $0.75 vs $0.68 Est; Revs $183.2M vs $182.2M Est
about 121 days ago by Benzinga
$PLT testing this 37 level too much, expect it to crack soon (I am S)
about 121 days ago by 1nvestor
cov 1/3 $PLT S at 37.05
about 122 days ago by 1nvestor
nice little crack in $PLT finally, tested lod too many times to keep holding. Acc/Dist now through -0.25
about 122 days ago by 1nvestor
$PLT so far confirming that Shooting * on the Weekly from last week.
about 122 days ago by 1nvestor
Notable stocks with the RS line in new highs before price. $OSUR $PLT
about 129 days ago by hertcapital
Some nice golden cross setups: $AME $CMC $DIA $EXXI $HOG $HON $IP $LHO $MAC $MCK $NUE $NWL $PL $PLT $RYL $TSRA
about 144 days ago by TheEquitiesRoom
$PLT being hit from the news that the NTSB is pushing for the ban off all device usage in cars
about 170 days ago by tradergu
$PLT Insider Sale: $1.1M of stock sold on November 4, 2011 http://stks.co/10vF
about 206 days ago by MarketBrief
$PLT filed latest Quarterly Report http://stks.co/xLz
about 210 days ago by MarketBrief
$PLT Plantronics Inc Reports Q2 EPS $0.60 vs $0.62 Est; Revenues $176.9M vs $174.09M Est
about 212 days ago by Benzinga

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