AG Barr (LSE:BAG) Beta: 0.5490 (As of Jun. 25, 2026)

AG Barr  (LSE:BAG) 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)

AG Barr Beta Related Terms

The historical data trend for AG Barr'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.

AG Barr Beta Chart

AG Barr Annual Data
	Trend	Jan17	Jan18	Jan19	Jan20	Jan21	Jan22	Jan23	Jan24	Jan25	Jan26
Beta		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					0.00	0.00	0.47	0.83	0.30

AG Barr Semi-Annual Data
	Jul16	Jan17	Jul17	Jan18	Jul18	Jan19	Jul19	Jan20	Jul20	Jan21	Jul21	Jan22	Jul22	Jan23	Jul23	Jan24	Jul24	Jan25	Jul25	Jan26
Beta	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.47	0.73	0.83	0.69	0.30

LSE:BAG vs KO, PEP, MNST: Beta Comparison

For the Beverages - Non-Alcoholic subindustry, AG Barr'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.

AG Barr Beta vs Beverages - Non-Alcoholic Industry

For the Beverages - Non-Alcoholic industry and Consumer Defensive sector, AG Barr's Beta distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where AG Barr's Beta falls into.

AG Barr 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.

AG Barr Business Description