If you're interested in Public Joint Stock Company "City Innovative Technologies" (MCX:GRNT), then you might want to consider its beta (a measure of share price volatility) in order to understand how the stock could impact your portfolio. Modern finance theory considers volatility to be a measure of risk, and there are two main types of price volatility. First, we have company specific volatility, which is the price gyrations of an individual stock. Holding at least 8 stocks can reduce this kind of risk across a portfolio. The second sort is caused by the natural volatility of markets, overall. For example, certain macroeconomic events will impact (virtually) all stocks on the market.

Some stocks mimic the volatility of the market quite closely, while others demonstrate muted, exagerrated or uncorrelated price movements. Some investors use beta as a measure of how much a certain stock is impacted by market risk (volatility). While we should keep in mind that Warren Buffett has cautioned that 'Volatility is far from synonymous with risk', beta is still a useful factor to consider. To make good use of it you must first know that the beta of the overall market is one. A stock with a beta below one is either less volatile than the market, or more volatile but not corellated with the overall market. In comparison a stock with a beta of over one tends to be move in a similar direction to the market in the long term, but with greater changes in price.

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What does GRNT's beta value mean to investors?

Zooming in on City Innovative Technologies, we see it has a five year beta of 1.17. This is above 1, so historically its share price has been influenced by the broader volatility of the stock market. Based on this history, investors should be aware that City Innovative Technologies are likely to rise strongly in times of greed, but sell off in times of fear. Beta is worth considering, but it's also important to consider whether City Innovative Technologies is growing earnings and revenue. You can take a look for yourself, below.

How does GRNT's size impact its beta?

With a market capitalisation of ₽158m, City Innovative Technologies is a very small company by global standards. It is quite likely to be unknown to most investors. It has a relatively high beta, suggesting it is fairly actively traded for a company of its size. Because it takes less capital to move the share price of a small company like this, when a stock this size is actively traded it is quite often more sensitive to market volatility than similar large companies.

What this means for you:

Since City Innovative Technologies has a reasonably high beta, it's worth considering why it is so heavily influenced by broader market sentiment. For example, it might be a high growth stock or have a lot of operating leverage in its business model. In order to fully understand whether GRNT is a good investment for you, we also need to consider important company-specific fundamentals such as City Innovative Technologies’s financial health and performance track record. I highly recommend you dive deeper by considering the following:

1. Future Outlook: What are well-informed industry analysts predicting for GRNT’s future growth? Take a look at our free research report of analyst consensus for GRNT’s outlook.

2. Past Track Record: Has GRNT been consistently performing well irrespective of the ups and downs in the market? Go into more detail in the past performance analysis and take a look at the free visual representations of GRNT's historicals for more clarity.

3. Other Interesting Stocks: It's worth checking to see how GRNT measures up against other companies on valuation. You could start with this free list of prospective options.

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