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Croda International (FRA:6CMB) Beta : 1.79 (As of Dec. 12, 2024)


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What is Croda International Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-12-12), Croda International's Beta is 1.79.


Croda International Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for Croda International's Beta can be seen below:

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Croda International Beta Chart

Croda International Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Beta
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.59 0.59 0.57 0.90 1.84

Croda International Semi-Annual Data
Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23 Jun24
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 0.78 0.90 0.84 1.84 1.87

Competitive Comparison of Croda International's Beta

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Croda International'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.


Croda International's Beta Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Croda International's Beta distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Croda International's Beta falls into.



Croda International 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.


Croda International  (FRA:6CMB) 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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Croda International Business Description

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Address
Cowick Hall, Snaith, Goole, East Yorkshire, GBR, DN14 9AA
Croda is a British specialty chemicals company with 60% of sales outside Europe. Croda operates through three segments: consumer care, life sciences, and industrial specialties. Consumer care produces specialty and active ingredients for cosmetics and skincare/haircare and also flavors and fragrances. The life sciences business manufactures products for healthcare and agrochemicals. The company sold the majority of its industrial businesses to Cargill in 2022, retaining only a subsegment of the business (housed under the industrial specialties segment) that supports the other two segments and sells their byproducts.

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