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Nelcast (NSE:NELCAST) Beta : 0.66 (As of Mar. 16, 2025)


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What is Nelcast Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2025-03-16), Nelcast's Beta is 0.66.


Nelcast Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for Nelcast'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.

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Nelcast Beta Chart

Nelcast 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 1.05 1.19 1.14 0.95 0.21

Nelcast Quarterly Data
Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24
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 0.09 0.21 0.27 0.67 0.64

Competitive Comparison of Nelcast's Beta

For the Metal Fabrication subindustry, Nelcast'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.


Nelcast's Beta Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Nelcast's Beta distribution charts can be found below:

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



Nelcast 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.


Nelcast  (NSE:NELCAST) 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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Nelcast Business Description

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159, T.T.K. Road, Alwarpet, Chennai, TN, IND, 600018
Nelcast Ltd is an Indian company engaged in the business of manufacturing iron castings. Through manufacturing casting components, the company has different types of products that meet the requirement of different kinds of automation used in different industries. It manufactures parts to be used in various applications in an automobile such as the engine, transmission, suspension, axle, brake, and steering. It also caters to the tractor industry for their requirement of various housing as well as engine, transmission and axle components. The company caters to the railways and the pipe fitting industries as well. Geographically, the group has a business presence in India and other countries, of which a majority of the revenue is derived from India.

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