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Apex Frozen Foods (NSE:APEX) Beta : 0.51 (As of Jun. 25, 2024)


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What is Apex Frozen Foods Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-06-25), Apex Frozen Foods's Beta is 0.51.


Apex Frozen Foods Beta Historical Data

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

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Apex Frozen Foods Beta Chart

Apex Frozen Foods Annual Data
Trend Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24
Beta
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - 1.61 1.52 1.36 0.75

Apex Frozen Foods Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 1.36 0.72 0.85 0.72 0.75

Competitive Comparison of Apex Frozen Foods's Beta

For the Farm Products subindustry, Apex Frozen 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.


Apex Frozen Foods's Beta Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

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

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



Apex Frozen 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.


Apex Frozen Foods  (NSE:APEX) 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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Apex Frozen Foods (NSE:APEX) Business Description

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Address
3 - 160, Panasapadu, East Godavari District, Kakinada, AP, IND, 533 005
Apex Frozen Foods Ltd is a producer and exporter of shelf-stable quality aquaculture products. It supplies ready-to-cook products to food companies, retail chains, restaurants, club stores, and distributors spread across the developed markets of the USA and various European countries. It produces two kinds of shrimp namely the Whiteleg shrimp (Litopenaeus Vannamei) and the Black Tiger Shrimp (Penaeus Monodon). These products are sold under the brands of Bay Fresh, Bay Harvest, and BayPremium.