Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-06-11), GMX Resources's Beta is Not available.
GMX Resources Beta Historical Data
The historical data trend for GMX Resources'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.
For the Oil & Gas E&P subindustry, GMX Resources'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.
GMX Resources's Beta Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry
For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, GMX Resources's Beta distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where GMX Resources's Beta falls into.
GMX Resources 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.
GMX Resources (FRA:HJ8A) 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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GMX Resources Inc. is an oil and gas company, which is engaged in the exploration, development and production of oil and natural gas from the Haynesville/Bossier Shale and Cotton Valley Sands in its core area, the Sabine Uplift of the Carthage, North Field of Harrison and Panola counties of East Texas. It also has properties located in Lea and Roosevelt counties, and New Mexico. During the first half of 2011, the company acquired all of the working interest and an average greater than 80% net revenue interest in approximately 35,000 undeveloped net acres of oil and gas leases located in Billings, Stark, McKenzie and Dunn Counties of North Dakota, and Richland, Sheridan and Wibaux Counties of Montana. The company holds Williston Basin leases in approximately 150 1,280-acre units and expects to be the operator in approximately 31 of those units, providing a minimum of 172 operated locations. At the same time it acquired all of the working interest and an 80% net revenue interest in approximately 40,000 undeveloped net acres of oil and gas leases located in Platte, Goshen and Laramie Counties of Wyoming. During 2011, it acquired approximately 35,000 net acres in the Bakken/Three Forks oil resource play, which provides it with over 400 potential horizontal locations. The company intends to continue its multi-year drilling program in 2012, expanding to a multi-rig program based on available liquidity and capital resources. It has three subsidiaries: Diamond Blue Drilling Co. (Diamond Blue), which previously owned three drilling rigs, Endeavor Pipeline Inc. (Endeavor Pipeline), which operates its water supply and salt water disposal systems in its East Texas area, and Endeavor Gathering, LLC (Endeavor Gathering), which owns the natural gas gathering system and related equipment operated by Endeavor Pipeline. Kinder Morgan Endeavor LLC (KME) owns 40% membership interest in Endeavor Gathering. During 2011 and the first two months of 2012, the company successfully drilled and completed five Bakken Petroleum System wells, all in North Dakota. The Wock 21-2-1H, Frank 31-4-1H and the Marsh 21-16 TFH wells are located in Stark County, while the Taboo 1-25-36H and the Evoniuk 21-2-1H are located in McKenzie and Billings County, North Dakota.
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