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US Copper (US Copper) Beta : -0.35 (As of May. 01, 2024)


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What is US Copper Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-05-01), US Copper's Beta is -0.35.


US Copper Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for US Copper'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.

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US Copper Beta Chart

US Copper Annual Data
Trend Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
Beta
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.89 1.47 1.23 0.60 0.50

US Copper Quarterly Data
Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23
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 1.41 1.26 0.50 0.54 1.38

Competitive Comparison of US Copper's Beta

For the Copper subindustry, US Copper'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.


US Copper's Beta Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where US Copper's Beta falls into.



US Copper 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.


US Copper  (OTCPK:USCUF) 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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US Copper (US Copper) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
330 Zeller Drive, Kitchener, ON, CAN, N2A 0B5
US Copper Corp is a junior exploration and development company. The company is focused on advancing its Moonlight-Superior Copper Project in Plumas County, California to the production stage. The project includes copper sulfide and copper oxide resources with silver and gold credits in three deposits- Moonlight, Superior, and Engels - hosted in Jurassic intrusive rocks.

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