Whiting Petroleum Corporation (WLL)
Whiting Petroleum Corporation Beta: 2.007
View WLL Beta with YCharts Pro.
Access these YCharts Pro features:
Export any data you want
Save any chart as an image
Utilize advanced screener power
View 30 years of financial history
over 90 advanced calculations
Enjoy an advertising free experience
WLL Beta Range, Past 5 Years
| Minimum | 0.785 | Jun 2008 |
| Maximum | 2.080 | Jan 2010 |
| Average | 1.709 |
About Beta 60 Month
YCharts calculates the 60 month market beta by regressing stock returns less the risk free rate of returns on the market returns less the risk free rate of return (Market returns come from the S&P 500 Total Returns Index (SPXTR), and the risk free rate is the 4 Week Average T-Bill (Monthly). There must be a minimum of 36 months of stock returns for a company to have its beta calculated.
Beta is a measure of the risk of a stock when it is included in a well-diversified portfolio.
In financial theory, the Capital Asset Pricing Model breaks down expected stock returns into two components. The first is the return that would be expected based on covariance with the movements of the market (for most stocks, when the market as a whole goes up, the price of the stock will also go up). The second part is the increase in the price of a stock that is not explained by the market. The first part - covariance with the market - is what Beta captures.
When Beta is positive, the stock price tends to move in the same direction as the market, and the magnitude of Beta tells by how much. If a stock's Beta is greater than 1, that means that when the market index goes up 1%, we expect the stock will go up by more than 1%. On the contrary, if the market goes down by 1%, we expect the stock to go down by more than 1%. Negative Betas, while rare, signify a negative correlation. When the market goes up, we would expect the stock price to go down.
For readers with a background in regression analysis, Beta is the slope of the linear regression shown in the formula below, where Returns are the return on an individual stock or portfolio, Rf is the risk free rate, RMarket is the return on a market portfolio, and e is an error term.
Learn More
You may also be interested in these WLL related companies
WLL News
about 2 days ago by tiernster
about 8 days ago by mytfine
about 11 days ago by TradeIdeasQuant
about 11 days ago by invest62
about 11 days ago by invest62
about 11 days ago by invest62
about 11 days ago by stocktherapy
about 11 days ago by stocktherapy
May 21, 9:00AM Business Wire
about 12 days ago by stocktherapy
May 15, 5:13PM Business Wire
Apr 26, 5:10PM Seeking Alpha
about 36 days ago by covestor
about 36 days ago by mytfine
Apr 25, 4:05PM Business Wire
Apr 16, 12:56PM Business Wire
Apr 12, 7:37AM Benzinga
Apr 12, 7:36AM Street Insider
Apr 09, 5:05PM Business Wire
Mar 23, 7:21AM Street Insider
Recent Quotes
| Symbol | Price | Chg | Chg % | Market Cap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WLL | 43.21 | -0.78 | -1.77% | 5.076B |
| WLK | 54.49 | -0.72 | -1.30% | 3.629B |
| WLFC | 12.74 | +0.00 | +0.00% | 116.70M |
| WLDN | 1.82 | -0.08 | -4.21% | 13.23M |
| WLB | 7.48 | +0.19 | +2.61% | 103.82M |
| WIW | 12.98 | +0.01 | +0.08% | |
| WIT | 8.60 | -0.04 | -0.46% | 21.12B |
| WBSN | 18.58 | +0.08 | +0.43% | 700.28M |
| WBS | 20.27 | +0.39 | +1.96% | 1.775B |
| WBMD | 23.03 | +0.58 | +2.58% | 1.310B |
