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Neogen Chemicals (NSE:NEOGEN) Beta : 0.89 (As of Mar. 15, 2025)


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What is Neogen Chemicals Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2025-03-15), Neogen Chemicals's Beta is 0.89.


Neogen Chemicals Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for Neogen Chemicals's Beta can be seen below:

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Neogen Chemicals Beta Chart

Neogen Chemicals Annual Data
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Beta
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Neogen Chemicals 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 0.79 0.68 0.69 0.78 0.77

Competitive Comparison of Neogen Chemicals's Beta

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Neogen Chemicals'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.


Neogen Chemicals's Beta Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Neogen Chemicals's Beta distribution charts can be found below:

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



Neogen Chemicals 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.


Neogen Chemicals  (NSE:NEOGEN) 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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Neogen Chemicals Business Description

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Pokhran Road, No. 2, Office No. D-1002, 10th Floor, Dev Corpora Building, Opposite Cadbury Junction, Khopat, Thane, MH, IND, 400 601
Neogen Chemicals Ltd is engaged in the manufacturing of specialty chemicals that are used in the Pharmaceutical, Engineering and Agro-Chemical industries. The company manufactures bromine-based and lithium-based specialty chemicals. Its products include Organobromine compounds, Chloro compounds, Inorganic bromine compounds, Lithium Salts and others. Geographically, It generates the majority of the revenue from India and also exports to other countries.

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