Is Beacon Roofing (NASDAQ:BECN) stock way too aggressive for baby boomers?

It seems Beacon Roofing may not recover as fast as we have hopped for as its price went down 2.19% today. Beacon Roofing Suppl current daily volatility is 2.02 percent, with a beta of 1.15 and an alpha of 0.22 over DOW. While some baby boomers are getting worried growing market volatility, it is reasonable to outline Beacon Roofing Suppl based on its historical price movement. Why are we still confident in our projection for a recovery.
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Reviewed by Gabriel Shpitalnik

The company conducts business under Industrials sector and is part of Building Products & Equipment industry.
Our advice module provides unbiased investment recommendation that can be used to complement current average analyst sentiment on Beacon Roofing Suppl. Our advice engine provides an advice for the firm potential to grow from the perspective of an investor's risk tolerance and investing horizon.
Investing in Beacon Roofing, just like investing in any other equity instrument, is characterized by a strong risk-return correlation. High risks mean high returns and low risk means lower expected returns. Risk management is the act of identifying and assessing the potential risk and developing strategies to minimize these risks and earn maximum possible profits while holding Beacon Roofing along with other instruments in the same portfolio. Using conventional technical analysis and fundamental analysis to select individual securities into a portfolio complements risk management and adds value to overall investors' investing strategies.
Sophisticated investors, who have witnessed many market ups and downs, anticipate that the market will even out over time. This tendency of Beacon Roofing's price to converge to an average value over time is called mean reversion. However, historically, high market prices usually discourage investors that believe in mean reversion to invest, while low prices are viewed as an opportunity to buy.
Please note, it is not enough to conduct a financial or market analysis of a single entity such as Beacon Roofing. Your research has to be compared to or analyzed against Beacon Roofing's peers to derive any actionable benefits. When done correctly, Beacon Roofing's competitive analysis will give you plenty of quantitative and qualitative data to validate your investment decisions or develop an entirely new strategy toward taking a position in Beacon Roofing Supply.

How important is Beacon Roofing's Liquidity

Beacon Roofing financial leverage refers to using borrowed capital as a funding source to finance Beacon Roofing Supply ongoing operations. It is usually used to expand the firm's asset base and generate returns on borrowed capital. Beacon Roofing financial leverage is typically calculated by taking the company's all interest-bearing debt and dividing it by total capital. So the higher the debt-to-capital ratio (i.e., financial leverage), the riskier the company. Financial leverage can amplify the potential profits to Beacon Roofing's owners, but it also increases the potential losses and risk of financial distress, including bankruptcy, if the firm cannot cover its debt costs. The degree of Beacon Roofing's financial leverage can be measured in several ways, including by ratios such as the debt-to-equity ratio (total debt / total equity), equity multiplier (total assets / total equity), or the debt ratio (total debt / total assets). Please check the breakdown between Beacon Roofing's total debt and its cash.

Beacon Roofing Gross Profit

Beacon Roofing Gross Profit growth is one of the most critical measures in evaluating the company. The Gross Profit growth rate is calculated simply by comparing Beacon Roofing previous period's values with its current period's values. Each time period you're measuring should be of equal lengths the increase or decrease, in a company's Gross Profit between two periods. Here we show Beacon Roofing Gross Profit growth over the last 10 years. Please check Beacon Roofing's gross profit and other fundamental indicators for more details.

Beacon Roofing Correlation with Peers

Investors in Beacon can reduce exposure to individual asset risk by holding a diversified portfolio of assets in addition to a long position in Beacon Roofing Supply. Diversification will allow for the same portfolio return with reduced risk. The correlation table of Beacon Roofing and its peers is a two-dimensional matrix that shows the correlation coefficient between pairs of securities Beacon is related in some way. The cells in the table are color-coded to highlight significantly positive and negative relationships. Each cell shows the correlation between one pair of equities and can be used to run pair trading strategies or create efficient portfolios with your current brokerage. Please check volatility of Beacon for more details

Is Beacon Roofing valued appropriately by the market?

We consider Beacon Roofing very steady. Beacon Roofing Suppl secures Sharpe Ratio (or Efficiency) of 0.0169, which signifies that the company had 0.0169% of return per unit of standard deviation over the last 3 months. Our philosophy in foreseeing the volatility of a stock is to use all available market data together with stock-specific technical indicators that cannot be diversified away. We have found twenty-eight technical indicators for Beacon Roofing Suppl, which you can use to evaluate the future volatility of the firm. Please confirm Beacon Roofing Suppl risk adjusted performance of 0.0728, and Mean Deviation of 1.55 to double-check if the risk estimate we provide is consistent with the expected return of 0.0341%.

Another setback for Beacon Roofing institutional investors

Semi variance is down to 3.38. It may entail a possible volatility slide. Beacon Roofing Suppl has relatively low volatility with skewness of 0.19 and kurtosis of 0.13. However, we advise all investors to independently investigate Beacon Roofing Suppl to ensure all accessible information is consistent with the expectations about its upside potential and future expected returns. Understanding different market volatility trends often help investors to time the market. Properly using volatility indicators enable traders to measure Beacon Roofing's stock risk against market volatility during both bullish and bearish trends. The higher level of volatility that comes with bear markets can directly impact Beacon Roofing's stock price while adding stress to investors as they watch their shares' value plummet. This usually forces investors to rebalance their portfolios by buying different stocks as prices fall.

Our Conclusion on Beacon Roofing

When is the right time to buy or sell Beacon Roofing Suppl? Buying stocks such as Beacon Roofing isn't very hard. However, what challenging for most investors is doing it at the right time. Proper market timing is something most people cannot do without sophisticated tools, which help to isolate the right opportunities, deliver winning trades and diversify portfolios on a daily basis.
Taking everything into account, as of the 30th of September 2022, our analysis shows that Beacon Roofing almost mirrors the market. The company is undervalued and projects below average probability of bankruptcy for the next 2 years. Our primary 90 days 'Buy-vs-Sell' recommendation on the company is Strong Buy.

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