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BCL Industries (BOM:524332) Beta : 1.07 (As of May. 14, 2024)


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What is BCL Industries Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-05-14), BCL Industries's Beta is 1.07.


BCL Industries Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for BCL Industries's Beta can be seen below:

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BCL Industries Beta Chart

BCL Industries Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Beta
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.70 1.39 1.47 1.61 0.83

BCL Industries Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 1.44 0.83 0.69 0.94 0.96

Competitive Comparison of BCL Industries's Beta

For the Household & Personal Products subindustry, BCL Industries'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.


BCL Industries's Beta Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, BCL Industries's Beta distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where BCL Industries's Beta falls into.



BCL Industries 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.


BCL Industries  (BOM:524332) 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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BCL Industries (BOM:524332) Business Description

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Address
Hazi Rattan Link Road, Post Box No. 71, Bathinda, PB, IND, 151001
BCL Industries Ltd engages in the edible oil business. It operates through the following segments: Oil and Vanaspati, Distillery Unit, and Real Estate. The Oil and Vanaspati segment which act as a Key revenue contributor includes oil, solvent extraction unit, Vanaspati Ghee, and refined vegetable oil and rice. The Distillery Unit segment owns oil mills, solvent extraction plants, rice sheller, chemical refinery, physical refinery, and vanaspati plant. The Real Estate segment constructs townships, group housings, malls, multiplexes, and hotels.

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