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Sierra Metals (TSX:SMT) Beta : 1.49 (As of Dec. 15, 2024)


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What is Sierra Metals Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-12-15), Sierra Metals's Beta is 1.49.


Sierra Metals Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sierra Metals's Beta can be seen below:

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Sierra Metals Beta Chart

Sierra Metals 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 0.43 2.00 2.05 1.34 1.96

Sierra Metals Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
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 1.44 1.96 1.96 2.05 1.92

Competitive Comparison of Sierra Metals's Beta

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, Sierra Metals'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.


Sierra Metals's Beta Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Sierra Metals's Beta falls into.



Sierra Metals 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.


Sierra Metals  (TSX:SMT) 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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Sierra Metals Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
200 Bay Street, Suite 2800, Toronto, ON, CAN, M5J 2J3
Sierra Metals Inc is a precious and base metals producer in Peru and Mexico. The company acquires, explores, extracts, and produces mineral concentrates consisting of silver, copper, lead, zinc and gold. Sierra has interests in the Yauricocha Mine in Peru, and the Bolivar and Cusi Mines, Mexico. The majority of the revenue comes from selling the mineral concentrates to its customers in Peru.
Executives
J. Alberto Arias Director or Senior Officer of 10% Security Holder
Ernesto Balarezo Director, Senior Officer
Patricia Munoz Kosa Senior Officer
Miguel Aramburu Director
Robert Mcdowell Neal Director
Jose Vizquerra Director
Michael Mcallister Senior Officer
Rajesh Vyas Senior Officer
Luis Carlos Marchese Director, Senior Officer
Jill Neff Senior Officer
Philip Renaud Director
Igor Gonzales Director, Senior Officer

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