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Madras Fertilizers (BOM:590134) Beta : 1.50 (As of Jan. 19, 2025)


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What is Madras Fertilizers Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2025-01-19), Madras Fertilizers's Beta is 1.50.


Madras Fertilizers Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for Madras Fertilizers's Beta can be seen below:

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Madras Fertilizers Beta Chart

Madras Fertilizers Annual Data
Trend Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24
Beta
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.03 0.94 0.88 0.46 0.95

Madras Fertilizers Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
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 0.21 0.46 0.95 0.84 1.51

Competitive Comparison of Madras Fertilizers's Beta

For the Agricultural Inputs subindustry, Madras Fertilizers'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.


Madras Fertilizers's Beta Distribution in the Agriculture Industry

For the Agriculture industry and Basic Materials sector, Madras Fertilizers's Beta distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Madras Fertilizers's Beta falls into.



Madras Fertilizers 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.


Madras Fertilizers  (BOM:590134) 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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Madras Fertilizers Business Description

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Post Bag No. 2, Manali, Chennai, TN, IND, 600068
Madras Fertilizers Ltd is engaged in the manufacture of ammonia, urea, and complex fertilizers. It is also engaged in manufacturing bio-fertilizers and marketing fertilizers and agrochemicals under the brand name Vijay. The company operates through the manufacture and sale of fertilizers segment. It also provides biofertilizers, including Azospirillum for paddy, plantation crops, and other crops; Rhizobium for groundnuts and pulses; and Phosphor Bacteria and NP Bio for various crops.

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