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Maxim Power (Maxim Power) Beta : 0.23 (As of Apr. 30, 2024)


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What is Maxim Power Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-04-30), Maxim Power's Beta is 0.23.


Maxim Power Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for Maxim Power'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.
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Maxim Power Beta Chart

Maxim Power Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Beta
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.96 0.70 0.44 0.18 0.28

Maxim Power Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 0.18 0.04 -0.03 0.20 0.28

Competitive Comparison of Maxim Power's Beta

For the Utilities - Independent Power Producers subindustry, Maxim Power'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.


Maxim Power's Beta Distribution in the Utilities - Independent Power Producers Industry

For the Utilities - Independent Power Producers industry and Utilities sector, Maxim Power's Beta distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Maxim Power's Beta falls into.



Maxim Power 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.


Maxim Power  (OTCPK:MXGFF) 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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Maxim Power (Maxim Power) Business Description

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715-5 Avenue Southwest, Suite 1800, Calgary, AB, CAN, T2P 2X6
Maxim Power Corp is an independent power producer. It is focused entirely on power projects in Alberta. Its core asset is the 204MW H.R. Milner Plant, M2, in Grande Cache, AB, a state-of-the-art natural gas-fired power plant that went online in Q2, 2020. The company is increasing the capacity of M2 to approximately 300 MW and concurrently will realize an improvement in the efficiency of the plant by investing in heat recovery combined cycle technology. Further, MAXIM continues to explore further development options in Alberta, including its gas-fired generation projects and its wind power generation project.