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Chilanga Cement (LUS:CHIL) Beta : N/A (As of May. 26, 2024)


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What is Chilanga Cement Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-05-26), Chilanga Cement's Beta is Not available.


Chilanga Cement Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for Chilanga Cement's Beta can be seen below:

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Competitive Comparison of Chilanga Cement's Beta

For the Building Materials subindustry, Chilanga Cement's Beta, along with its competitors' market caps and Beta data, can be viewed below:

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Chilanga Cement's Beta Distribution in the Building Materials Industry

For the Building Materials industry and Basic Materials sector, Chilanga Cement's Beta distribution charts can be found below:

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Chilanga Cement 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.


Chilanga Cement  (LUS:CHIL) 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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Chilanga Cement (LUS:CHIL) Business Description

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Farm No.1880, Kafue Road, PO Box 32639, Chilanga, Lusaka, ZMB
Chilanga Cement PLC, formerly Lafarge Cement Zambia PLC is mainly engaged in the manufacturing and supplying of cement and other building materials. Products offered by the company include Mphamvu, Powerplus for heavy industrial construction, Supaset for block makers, RoadCem for soil stabilization during road construction, Powercrete designed for applications in the mining industry, including backfilling, rock bolting, stopping and shotcreting, and WallCrete, masonry ideal for bricklaying, plasterwork, floor screed and pointing. It serves the building industry, construction companies, architects, and local artisans. The Company supplies products by road and rail to the regional market, to Tanzania, Burundi Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Malawi, Namibia, and Zimbabwe.

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