The Beta of Australian Vanadium Limited is 1.72
BETA indicates whether a stock is more or less volatile than the market as a whole. A beta less than 1 indicates that the stock is less volatile than the market, while a beta more than 1 indicates that the stock is more volatile. Volatility is measured as the fluctuation of the price around the mean.
Beta is a measure of the risk arising from exposure to general market movements as opposed to idiosyncratic factors. The market portfolio of all investable assets has a beta of exactly 1. A beta below 1 can indicate either an investment with lower volatility than the market, or a volatile investment whose price movements are not highly correlated with the market. A beta greater than one generally means that the asset both is volatile and tends to move up and down with the market. Beta is important because it measures the risk of an investment that cannot be reduced by diversification. It does not measure the risk of an investment held on a stand-alone basis, but the amount of risk the investment adds to an already-diversified portfolio. In the capital asset pricing model, beta risk is the only kind of risk for which investors should receive an expected return higher than the risk-free rate of interest.
Australian Vanadium Limited engages in the mineral exploration activities in Australia. The company operates in two segments, Exploration and Energy Storage. It explores for vanadium/titanium, uranium, and other economic resources. The company's flagship property is the 100% owned Australian Vanadium project comprising 11 tenements covering an area of approximately 260 square kilometers located to the south of Meekatharra within the northern Murchison region of Western Australia. It also manufactures and sells vanadium redox flow battery systems. The company was formerly known as Yellow Rock Resources Limited and changed its name to Australian Vanadium Limited in December 2015. Australian Vanadium Limited was incorporated in 2005 and is based in West Perth, Australia.