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Highland Copper Co (TSXV:HI) Beta : 1.60 (As of May. 15, 2024)


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What is Highland Copper Co Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-05-15), Highland Copper Co's Beta is 1.60.


Highland Copper Co Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for Highland Copper Co's Beta can be seen below:

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Highland Copper Co Beta Chart

Highland Copper Co Annual Data
Trend Jun14 Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23
Beta
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.02 0.53 0.97 1.35 1.57

Highland Copper Co 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 1.50 1.54 1.57 1.39 1.87

Competitive Comparison of Highland Copper Co's Beta

For the Copper subindustry, Highland Copper Co'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.


Highland Copper Co's Beta Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Highland Copper Co's Beta falls into.



Highland Copper Co 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.


Highland Copper Co  (TSXV:HI) 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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Highland Copper Co (TSXV:HI) Business Description

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Address
1055 West Georgia Street West, Suite 1500, Vancouver, BC, CAN, V6E 4N7
Highland Copper Co Inc is a mineral exploration company principally engaged in the acquisition, exploration, and development of mineral properties. It is a copper development company, focused on sediment-hosted copper projects in the Copper Range District of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, USA. The projects of the company are the Copperwood project, White pine north project, UPX Property, and Keweenaw project.
Executives
David Buchanan Tennant Director