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Mineral Commodities (ASX:MRC) Beta : -0.10 (As of May. 27, 2024)


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What is Mineral Commodities Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-05-27), Mineral Commodities's Beta is -0.10.


Mineral Commodities Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for Mineral Commodities'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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Mineral Commodities Beta Chart

Mineral Commodities 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 0.81 0.89 0.66 0.49 -0.04

Mineral Commodities Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 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 0.66 0.57 0.49 -0.34 -0.04

Competitive Comparison of Mineral Commodities's Beta

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, Mineral Commodities'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.


Mineral Commodities's Beta Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Mineral Commodities's Beta falls into.



Mineral Commodities 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.


Mineral Commodities  (ASX:MRC) 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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Mineral Commodities (ASX:MRC) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Unit 2, 59 Belmont Avenue, Belmont, WA, AUS, 6104
Mineral Commodities Ltd is a mineral exploration and development company. It has mineral sands projects in South Africa. It is also engaged in exploration activities in Iran, and Australia. The company has five reportable segments: Mineral sands mining and production (Tormin Mineral Sands project) - South Africa; 2. Mineral sands exploration (Xolobeni Mineral Sands project) - South Africa; 3. Graphite mining and production (Skaland) - Norway; 4. Exploration activities - Australia; and 5. Corporate (management and administration of the Company's projects) - Australia, South Africa, and Norway.