Vitran Corporation (VTNC)

6.58 -0.42  -6.00%  Jun 01, 11:01AM Go Pro
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Vitran Corporation Beta: 2.138

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VTNC Beta Range, Past 5 Years

Minimum 0.3838 Jul 2007
Maximum 2.155 Nov 2011
Average 1.544

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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VTNC News

$VTNC filed latest Quarterly Report http://stks.co/3dDO
about 30 days ago by MarketBrief
Vitran Reports 2012 First Quarter Results
Apr 24, 6:36PM GlobeNewswire
$VTNC forms bullish "Symmetrical Continuation Triangle" chart pattern. http://stks.co/3N6h
about 45 days ago by RecogniaEvents
$VTNC filed latest Proxy Statement with the SEC (Form DEF 14A) http://stks.co/37GH
about 65 days ago by MarketBrief
$VTNC filed latest Annual Report http://stks.co/2Kxp
about 113 days ago by MarketBrief
Vitran Appoints New U.S. LTL President
Jan 10, 4:30PM GlobeNewswire
$VTNC filed latest Quarterly Report http://stks.co/1435
about 204 days ago by MarketBrief
Vitran reports Q3 EPS (21c) vs. consensus 2c
Oct 31, 6:34AM FlyOnTheWall
Vitran Reports 2011 Third Quarter Results
Oct 31, 6:30AM GlobeNewswire
Scopus reports 5.7% passive stake in Vitran
Oct 28, 9:41AM FlyOnTheWall
Vitran rises 21.8%
Oct 07, 9:00AM FlyOnTheWall
$VTNC amended latest Annual Report http://stks.co/Wz5
about 238 days ago by MarketBrief
Youku.com, Vitran: Biggest Price Gainers (YOKU, VTNC)
Oct 06, 4:56PM The Wall Street Journal
Vitran announces Fayaz Suleman as new CFO
Sep 15, 7:36AM FlyOnTheWall
Vitran (VTNC) Promotes Fayaz Suleman to CFO
Sep 15, 7:31AM Street Insider
$VTNC Vitran Corp Reports Q EPS of $(0.03) vs. $0.03 Est; Revenues $208.9M vs. $201.53M Est
about 316 days ago by Benzinga
$VTNC indicators turning bullish http://fsc.bz/A29 #WORDEN
about 520 days ago by AsktheDust
$VTNC: Stifel Nicolaus ups to Buy
about 764 days ago by cbayna
$VTNC: Stifel Nicolaus cuts to Hold
about 778 days ago by cbayna

Recent Quotes

Symbol Price Chg Chg % Market Cap
VTNC 6.58 -0.42 -6.00% 114.31M
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