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SOPerior Fertilizer (TSXV:SOP.H) Beta : 2.36 (As of Apr. 05, 2025)


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What is SOPerior Fertilizer Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2025-04-05), SOPerior Fertilizer's Beta is 2.36.


SOPerior Fertilizer Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for SOPerior Fertilizer's Beta can be seen below:

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SOPerior Fertilizer Beta Chart

SOPerior Fertilizer 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 2.00 1.88 1.78 2.25 2.99

SOPerior Fertilizer 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 2.66 2.99 2.81 3.11 2.94

Competitive Comparison of SOPerior Fertilizer's Beta

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, SOPerior Fertilizer'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.


SOPerior Fertilizer's Beta Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where SOPerior Fertilizer's Beta falls into.


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SOPerior Fertilizer 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.


SOPerior Fertilizer  (TSXV:SOP.H) 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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SOPerior Fertilizer Business Description

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Address
5213 Durie Road, Suite 401, Mississauga, ON, CAN, L5M 2C6
SOPerior Fertilizer Corp is an exploration and development-stage company. The company's principal activity is to develop projects focused on the production of sulfate of potash (SOP). Its principal mineral project is the Blawn Mountain project and its manufacturing project is the Valleyfield Fertilizer project. The Blawn Mountain Project is focused on the exploration, development and production of mineral resources for alunite in order to produce SOP, co-product sulphuric acid and alumina. The Corporation manages its business under a single operating segment, consisting of exploration and evaluation activities.

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