Needham Small Cap Fund Beta

NESGX Fund  USD 19.31  0.08  0.41%   
Needham Small Cap fundamentals help investors to digest information that contributes to Needham Small's financial success or failures. It also enables traders to predict the movement of Needham Mutual Fund. The fundamental analysis module provides a way to measure Needham Small's intrinsic value by examining its available economic and financial indicators, including the cash flow records, the balance sheet account changes, the income statement patterns, and various microeconomic indicators and financial ratios related to Needham Small mutual fund.
  
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Needham Small Cap Mutual Fund Beta Analysis

Needham Small's Beta is one of the most important measures of equity market volatility. Beta can be thought of as asset elasticity or sensitivity to market. In other words, it is a number that shows the relationship of an equity instrument to the financial market in which this instrument is traded. For example, if Beta of equity is 2, it is expected to significantly outperform market when the market is going up and significantly underperform when the market is going down. Similarly, Beta of 1 indicates that an asset and market will generate similar returns over time.

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In a nutshell, Beta is a measure of individual stock risk relative to the overall volatility of the stock market. and is calculated based on very sound finance theory - Capital Assets Pricing Model (CAPM).However, since Beta is calculated based on historical price movements it may not predict how a firm's stock is going to perform in the future.
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In accordance with the recently published financial statements, Needham Small Cap has a Beta of 0.0. This indicator is about the same for the Needham average (which is currently at 0.0) family and about the same as Small Blend (which currently averages 0.0) category. This indicator is about the same for all United States funds average (which is currently at 0.0).

Needham Beta Peer Comparison

Stock peer comparison is one of the most widely used and accepted methods of equity analyses. It analyses Needham Small's direct or indirect competition against its Beta to detect undervalued stocks with similar characteristics or determine the mutual funds which would be a good addition to a portfolio. Peer analysis of Needham Small could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing Needham Small by comparing valuation metrics of similar companies.
Needham Small is currently under evaluation in beta among similar funds.

Fund Asset Allocation for Needham Small

The fund consists of 98.35% investments in stocks, with the rest of investments allocated between different money market instruments.
Asset allocation divides Needham Small's investment portfolio among different asset categories to balance risk and reward by investing in a diversified mix of instruments that align with the investor's goals, risk tolerance, and time horizon. Mutual funds, which pool money from multiple investors to buy a diversified portfolio of securities, use asset allocation strategies to manage the risk and return of their portfolios.
Mutual funds allocate their assets by investing in a diversified portfolio of securities, such as stocks, bonds, cryptocurrencies and cash. The specific mix of these securities is determined by the fund's investment objective and strategy. For example, a stock mutual fund may invest primarily in equities, while a bond mutual fund may invest mainly in fixed-income securities. The fund's manager, responsible for making investment decisions, will buy and sell securities in the fund's portfolio as market conditions and the fund's objectives change.

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About Needham Small Fundamental Analysis

The Macroaxis Fundamental Analysis modules help investors analyze Needham Small Cap's financials across various querterly and yearly statements, indicators and fundamental ratios. We help investors to determine the real value of Needham Small using virtually all public information available. We use both quantitative as well as qualitative analysis to arrive at the intrinsic value of Needham Small Cap based on its fundamental data. In general, a quantitative approach, as applied to this mutual fund, focuses on analyzing financial statements comparatively, whereas a qaualitative method uses data that is important to a company's growth but cannot be measured and presented in a numerical way.
Please read more on our fundamental analysis page.

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Other Information on Investing in Needham Mutual Fund

Needham Small financial ratios help investors to determine whether Needham Mutual Fund is cheap or expensive when compared to a particular measure, such as profits or enterprise value. In other words, they help investors to determine the cost of investment in Needham with respect to the benefits of owning Needham Small security.
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