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Great Western Mining (LSE:GWMO) Beta : 0.02 (As of May. 10, 2024)


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What is Great Western Mining Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-05-10), Great Western Mining's Beta is 0.02.


Great Western Mining Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for Great Western Mining's Beta can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Great Western Mining Beta Chart

Great Western Mining Annual Data
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Great Western Mining Semi-Annual Data
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Competitive Comparison of Great Western Mining's Beta

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, Great Western Mining'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.


Great Western Mining's Beta Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Great Western Mining's Beta distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Great Western Mining's Beta falls into.



Great Western Mining 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.


Great Western Mining  (LSE:GWMO) 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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Great Western Mining (LSE:GWMO) Business Description

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1 Stokes Place, St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin, IRL, DO2 DE03
Great Western Mining Corp PLC is an exploration company focused on copper, silver, gold, and other mineral targets in Nevada USA. The company mainly operates in the United States, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. Its projects include Black Mountain, Huntoon Group and JackSprings, Eastside Mine and others..

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