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Newfoundland Discovery (XCNQ:NEWD) Beta : 4.24 (As of May. 16, 2024)


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What is Newfoundland Discovery Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-05-16), Newfoundland Discovery's Beta is 4.24.


Newfoundland Discovery Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for Newfoundland Discovery's Beta can be seen below:

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Newfoundland Discovery Beta Chart

Newfoundland Discovery 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 4.86 2.35 2.01 1.54 2.72

Newfoundland Discovery 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 2.12 2.72 2.26 2.67 3.43

Competitive Comparison of Newfoundland Discovery's Beta

For the Gold subindustry, Newfoundland Discovery'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.


Newfoundland Discovery's Beta Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Newfoundland Discovery's Beta falls into.



Newfoundland Discovery 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.


Newfoundland Discovery  (XCNQ:NEWD) 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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Newfoundland Discovery (XCNQ:NEWD) Business Description

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Address
838 West Hastings Street,, Suite 700, Vancouver, BC, CAN, V6C 0A6
Newfoundland Discovery Corp is a junior mining exploration company. Its projects include the Grup Property, Bursey Property, Rodger's Cove Property, Johnathan's Pond Properties, Eastern Point Property, Wigwam Property, Goldson Gold Property, and the Southwest Pond Gold Property in Newfoundland; the Northbound Property, Northbound Extension, Southern Star Property, Valentine Mountain Property, Bouvier Property and the Chubb Lithium Property in Quebec.

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