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Major Drilling Group International (TSX:MDI) Beta : 1.46 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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What is Major Drilling Group International Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-04-27), Major Drilling Group International's Beta is 1.46.


Major Drilling Group International Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for Major Drilling Group International's Beta can be seen below:

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Major Drilling Group International Beta Chart

Major Drilling Group International Annual Data
Trend Apr14 Apr15 Apr16 Apr17 Apr18 Apr19 Apr20 Apr21 Apr22 Apr23
Beta
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.25 1.55 1.59 1.89 1.07

Major Drilling Group International Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
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 1.66 1.07 0.91 1.00 1.31

Competitive Comparison of Major Drilling Group International's Beta

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, Major Drilling Group International'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.


Major Drilling Group International's Beta Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Major Drilling Group International's Beta falls into.



Major Drilling Group International 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.


Major Drilling Group International  (TSX:MDI) 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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Major Drilling Group International (TSX:MDI) Business Description

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111 St. George Street, Suite 100, Moncton, NB, CAN, E1C 1T7
Major Drilling Group International Inc is engaged in the business of contract drilling, and it provides services to companies that are involved in mining and mineral exploration. It offers surface and underground coring, directional, reverse circulation, sonic, geotechnical, environmental, water-well, coal-bed methane, shallow gas, and underground percussive/long-hole drilling services, as well as various drilling-related mine services. Its geographical segments are Canada - the United States; South and Central America; and Australasia and Africa, of which most of its revenue comes from Canada - the United States.

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