Use the data table to estimate the beta of Nike and HP Inc. stock based on their monthly returns from 2011-2017.

Hint: You can use the slope() function in Excel.

The estimated monthly beta for Nike is _____. (Round to three decimal places.)

Date	NKE	HPQ	S&P 500
Jan-11	3.442%	8.527%	2.330%
Feb-11	7.941%	4.509%	3.474%
Mar-11	13.580%	5.693%	0.005%
Apr-11	8.745%	1.464%	2.896%
May-11	2.587%	7.406%	1.121%
Jun-11	8.017%	1.915%	1.706%
Jul-11	0.189%	3.379%	2.000%
Aug-11	3.882%	25.988%	5.498%
Sep-11	0.115%	12.738%	6.910%
Oct-11	12.677%	18.530%	10.915%
Nov-11	0.176%	5.036%	0.406%
Dec-11	1.695%	6.890%	1.024%
Jan-12	7.907%	8.618%	4.637%
Feb-12	3.779%	9.543%	4.341%
Mar-12	1.816%	4.803%	3.214%
Apr-12	3.163%	3.903%	0.668%
May-12	2.011%	8.401%	6.006%
Jun-12	18.857%	10.050%	4.045%
Jul-12	6.345%	9.299%	1.183%
Aug-12	5.838%	7.456%	2.505%
Sep-12	2.516%	2.788%	2.543%
Oct-12	3.719%	18.816%	1.820%
Nov-12	6.675%	6.209%	0.566%
Dec-12	7.591%	11.937%	0.902%
Jan-13	4.748%	15.860%	5.119%
Feb-13	1.536%	21.987%	1.276%
Mar-13	8.355%	19.815%	3.795%
Apr-13	7.778%	13.591%	1.921%
May-13	2.390%	18.544%	2.361%
Jun-13	3.276%	2.865%	1.340%
Jul-13	1.193%	3.548%	5.168%
Aug-13	0.509%	13.006%	2.999%
Sep-13	15.632%	4.612%	3.176%
Oct-13	4.295%	16.103%	4.631%
Nov-13	4.461%	12.228%	2.964%
Dec-13	0.025%	3.473%	2.580%
Jan-14	7.363%	3.645%	3.525%
Feb-14	8.140%	3.034%	4.552%
Mar-14	5.671%	9.370%	0.829%
Apr-14	1.232%	2.163%	0.695%
May-14	6.086%	1.331%	2.321%
Jun-14	0.832%	1.589%	2.064%
Jul-14	0.542%	5.730%	1.344%
Aug-14	2.463%	6.712%	3.946%
Sep-14	13.558%	5.731%	1.371%
Oct-14	4.226%	1.156%	2.355%
Nov-14	6.798%	8.863%	2.747%
Dec-14	2.598%	3.641%	0.253%
Jan-15	4.056%	9.968%	-2.963%
Feb-15	5.886%	3.570%	5.620%
Mar-15	3.305%	9.551%	1.566%
Apr-15	1.485%	5.809%	0.983%
May-15	3.430%	1.304%	1.286%
Jun-15	6.246%	8.989%	1.999%
Jul-15	6.665%	1.699%	2.215%
Aug-15	3.012%	8.060%	6.134%
Sep-15	10.541%	7.350%	2.489%
Oct-15	6.554%	5.271%	8.529%
Nov-15	0.954%	2.422%	0.366%
Dec-15	5.020%	4.593%	1.729%
Jan-16	0.784%	17.990%	4.979%
Feb-16	0.677%	10.093%	0.083%
Mar-16	0.065%	16.408%	6.721%
Apr-16	4.116%	0.406%	0.394%
May-16	6.311%	9.046%	1.701%
Jun-16	0.254%	5.277%	0.342%
Jul-16	0.543%	11.633%	3.647%
Aug-16	3.856%	2.570%	0.120%
Sep-16	8.380%	8.935%	0.001%
Oct-16	4.691%	6.697%	1.734%
Nov-16	0.219%	6.280%	3.684%
Dec-16	1.877%	2.775%	2.032%
Jan-17	4.072%	1.415%	1.789%
Feb-17	8.053%	15.415%	3.929%
Mar-17	2.187%	3.700%	0.128%
Apr-17	0.574%	5.257%	0.993%
May-17	4.367%	0.319%	1.411%
Jun-17	11.681%	6.116%	0.639%
Jul-17	0.085%	9.268%	2.055%
Aug-17	10.262%	0.105%	0.292%
Sep-17	1.818%	5.308%	2.010%
Oct-17	6.056%	7.966%	2.356%
Nov-17	9.875%	0.464%	3.057%
Dec-17	3.856%	1.402%	1.208%