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RCL Foods (JSE:RCL) Beta : 0.16 (As of May. 15, 2024)


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What is RCL Foods Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-05-15), RCL Foods's Beta is 0.16.


RCL Foods Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for RCL Foods's Beta can be seen below:

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RCL Foods Beta Chart

RCL Foods Annual Data
Trend Jun14 Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23
Beta
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -0.54 -0.01 0.15 0.41 0.22

RCL Foods Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
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 0.26 0.41 0.24 0.22 0.23

Competitive Comparison of RCL Foods's Beta

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, RCL Foods'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.


RCL Foods's Beta Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, RCL Foods's Beta distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where RCL Foods's Beta falls into.



RCL Foods 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.


RCL Foods  (JSE:RCL) 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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RCL Foods (JSE:RCL) Business Description

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Address
Ten The Boulevard, Westway Office Park, Westville, NL, ZAF, 3629
RCL Foods Ltd is a leading African food producer with operations across South Africa, Swaziland, Namibia, Botswana, and Zambia. RCL Foods operates through the below segments, Groceries segment: Engaged in Culinary (includes Mayonnaise, Peanut Butter, Rusks etc.) and Pet Food and Beverages operations; Baking segment: Includes the Milling, Speciality, Pies, Sunbake and Sunshine bakeries and Buns and Rolls; Sugar segment: Includes Sugar and molasses-based feed (Molatek) operations; Rainbow segment includes the chicken business, grain-based feed (Epol and Driehoek) and Waste-to-Value operations. The company generates the majority of its revenue from the Rainbow segment.