Q. What is beta and where can I find a beta for a company?

• What Does Beta Mean?
  A measure of the volatility, or systematic risk, of a security or a portfolio in comparison to the market as a whole. Beta is used in the capital asset pricing model (CAPM), a model that calculates the expected return of an asset based on its beta and expected market returns..Also known as "beta coefficient".
  [Source: Investopedia]

Published Betas

• OneSource
  Search by Company Name or Ticker > Select "Ratio Comaprisons" > Valuation Ratios
• Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage
  Search by Company Name or Ticker > Select "Valuation" > Key Stock Statistics
• Thomson One Banker
  Search by Ticker > Key Fundamentals
• Value Line Research Center
  Search by Ticker > Displayed in Quote
• Yahoo! Finance
  Search by Ticker > Select "Key Statistics"

Calculated Betas

• Bloomberg (Library West, 3rd Floor)
  Enter: F8 BETA
  You may change the time period, frequency and stock market index used in the calculation.
  

Guides

• Finding Beta (Babson College)