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Discovery Minerals (Discovery Minerals) Beta : 182.41 (As of May. 26, 2024)


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What is Discovery Minerals Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-05-26), Discovery Minerals's Beta is 182.41.


Discovery Minerals Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for Discovery Minerals's Beta can be seen below:

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Competitive Comparison of Discovery Minerals's Beta

For the Other Precious Metals & Mining subindustry, Discovery Minerals'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.


Discovery Minerals's Beta Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

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

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Discovery Minerals 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.


Discovery Minerals  (OTCPK:DSCR) 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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Discovery Minerals (Discovery Minerals) Business Description

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429 W. Plumb Lane, Reno, NV, USA, 89509
Discovery Minerals Ltd is a United States-based acquisition and development company. The company targets natural resource properties through its subsidiaries. The properties fall within two primary channels, precious metals such as gold, silver, and precious metals, and industrial hemp.