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Mercantile Islami Insurance (DHA:MERCINS) Beta : N/A (As of Dec. 14, 2024)


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What is Mercantile Islami Insurance Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-12-14), Mercantile Islami Insurance's Beta is Not available.


Mercantile Islami Insurance Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for Mercantile Islami Insurance's Beta can be seen below:

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Competitive Comparison of Mercantile Islami Insurance's Beta

For the Insurance - Property & Casualty subindustry, Mercantile Islami Insurance'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.


Mercantile Islami Insurance's Beta Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Mercantile Islami Insurance's Beta distribution charts can be found below:

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Mercantile Islami Insurance 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.


Mercantile Islami Insurance  (DHA:MERCINS) 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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Mercantile Islami Insurance Business Description

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Red Crescent Bhaban, 61, Motijheel C/A, 1st Floor, Dhaka, BGD, 1000
Mercantile Islami Insurance PLC is a Bangladesh-based general insurance company operating in the private sector. It offers a wide range of insurance products, including Fire Insurance, Marine Insurance, Motor Insurance, and Overseas Mediclaim Policy (OMP). In addition, it provides a variety of insurance products for businesses, such as Industrial all Risk insurance, Contractors all Risk insurance, and Property insurance.

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