GURUFOCUS.COM » STOCK LIST » Energy » Oil & Gas » North American Construction Group Ltd (NYSE:NOA) » Definitions » Beta

North American Construction Group (North American Construction Group) Beta : 1.30 (As of Apr. 29, 2024)


View and export this data going back to 2006. Start your Free Trial

What is North American Construction Group Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-04-29), North American Construction Group's Beta is 1.30.


North American Construction Group Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for North American Construction Group'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.

* Premium members only.

North American Construction Group Beta Chart

North American Construction Group 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 0.76 1.43 1.95 1.70 1.33

North American Construction Group 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 1.70 1.28 1.44 1.52 1.33

Competitive Comparison of North American Construction Group's Beta

For the Oil & Gas Equipment & Services subindustry, North American Construction Group'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.


North American Construction Group's Beta Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, North American Construction Group's Beta distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where North American Construction Group's Beta falls into.



North American Construction Group 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.


North American Construction Group  (NYSE:NOA) 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)


North American Construction Group Beta Related Terms

Thank you for viewing the detailed overview of North American Construction Group's Beta provided by GuruFocus.com. Please click on the following links to see related term pages.


North American Construction Group (North American Construction Group) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
27287 - 100 Avenue Acheson, Acheson, AB, CAN, T7X 6H8
North American Construction Group Ltd is Canada's heavy civil construction and mining contractor provider. The company has provided services to oil, natural gas, and resource companies.
Executives
Cannell Capital Llc 10 percent owner 245 MERIWETHER CIRCLE, ALTA WY 83414
Polar Asset Management Partners Inc. 10 percent owner 16 YORK STREET SUITE 2900, TORONTO A6 M5J 0E6

North American Construction Group (North American Construction Group) Headlines