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Polycab India (BOM:542652) Beta : 1.02 (As of Mar. 29, 2025)


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What is Polycab India Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2025-03-29), Polycab India's Beta is 1.02.


Polycab India Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for Polycab India's Beta can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Polycab India Beta Chart

Polycab India Annual Data
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Beta
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only - - 0.91 0.46 0.96

Polycab India Quarterly Data
Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24
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 0.74 0.96 0.88 0.65 0.73

Competitive Comparison of Polycab India's Beta

For the Electrical Equipment & Parts subindustry, Polycab India'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.


Polycab India's Beta Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Polycab India's Beta distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Polycab India's Beta falls into.


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Polycab India 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.


Polycab India  (BOM:542652) 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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Polycab India Business Description

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No. 29, Senapati Bapat Marg, Tulsi Pipe Road, The Ruby, 21st Floor, Dadar (West), Mumbai, MH, IND, 400028
Polycab India Ltd is engaged in the business of manufacturing and selling wires and cables and fast moving electrical goods under the POLYCAB brand. The business activities are carried out through Wires and cables, Fast moving electrical goods (FMEG), and Others segment. It generates maximum revenue from the Wires and cables segment. Geographically, it derives a majority of revenue from India. Some of its products include Power cables, Control Cables, Instrumentation Cables, Optical Fibre Cables (OFC), Solar Cables, Building Cables, Flexible Wires, and others.

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