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UK Oil & Gas (FRA:0UK0) Beta : 2.01 (As of May. 24, 2024)


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What is UK Oil & Gas Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-05-24), UK Oil & Gas's Beta is 2.01.


UK Oil & Gas Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for UK Oil & Gas's Beta can be seen below:

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UK Oil & Gas Beta Chart

UK Oil & Gas Annual Data
Trend Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23
Beta
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -2.96 79.24 45.60 56.60 1.19

UK Oil & Gas Semi-Annual Data
Mar14 Sep14 Mar15 Sep15 Mar16 Sep16 Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23
Beta Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 45.60 52.44 56.60 68.03 1.19

Competitive Comparison of UK Oil & Gas's Beta

For the Oil & Gas E&P subindustry, UK Oil & Gas's Beta, along with its competitors' market caps and Beta data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


UK Oil & Gas's Beta Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, UK Oil & Gas's Beta distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where UK Oil & Gas's Beta falls into.



UK Oil & Gas Beta Calculation

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. A stock's beta can be calculated by dividing the product of the covariance of the individual stock's returns and the market's returns by the variance of the market's returns over a specified period. Basically, GuruFocus uses the returns calculated over three-year period.


UK Oil & Gas  (FRA:0UK0) Beta Explanation

Beta is a measure of the volatility, or systematic risk, of a security or a portfolio in comparison to the market as a whole. We usually compare beta to 1. A beta of 1 indicates that the security's price will move with the market. A beta of less than 1 means that the security will be less volatile than the market. A beta of greater than 1 indicates that the security's price will be more volatile than the market.

Beta is primarily used in the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) to calculate the Cost of Equity, which can be used in the calculation of WACC %. The formula of Cost of Equity is:
Cost of Equity = Risk-Free Rate of Return + Beta of Asset * (Expected Return of the Market - Risk-Free Rate of Return)


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UK Oil & Gas (FRA:0UK0) Business Description

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Address
20 Primrose Street, 8th Floor, The Broadgate Tower, London, GBR, EC2A 2EW
UK Oil & Gas PLC operates as an oil and gas exploration company. Its principal activity is to acquire a portfolio of direct and indirect interests in the exploration, development, and production of oil and gas assets. The company's current operational focus is on the UK and Turkey onshore sectors. Its current UK onshore portfolio consists of direct and indirect interests in six oil and gas exploration, appraisal, development, and production assets, all situated within the Weald and Purbeck-Wight Basins of southern England. The company has three reportable segments: Oil exploration and production which includes producing business activities; Oil exploration and evaluation which includes non-producing activities; Head Office, corporate and administrative, including parent company activities.

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