Packaging Industries (Malawi) (MSW:PIM) Beta: N/A (As of Jun. 26, 2026)


What is Packaging Industries (Malawi) Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2026-06-26), Packaging Industries (Malawi)'s Beta is Not available.

Packaging Industries (Malawi)  (MSW:PIM) 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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Packaging Industries (Malawi) Beta Historical Data

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Packaging Industries (Malawi) 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.

Packaging Industries (Malawi) Business Description

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Address Makata Heavy Industrial, Blantyre 3, Chichiri, MWI, 30533
Packaging Industries (Malawi) Ltd is paper packaging company. Its customers include Unilever Malawi (Pvt) Ltd, Limbe Leaf Tobacco Company, Chibuku Products, Lafarge Cement and local companies such as Universal Industries, Candlex and Southern Bottlers.