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Malayan Flour Mills Bhd (XKLS:3662) Beta : 0.77 (As of Dec. 14, 2024)


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What is Malayan Flour Mills Bhd Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-12-14), Malayan Flour Mills Bhd's Beta is 0.77.


Malayan Flour Mills Bhd Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for Malayan Flour Mills Bhd's Beta can be seen below:

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Malayan Flour Mills Bhd Beta Chart

Malayan Flour Mills Bhd Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Beta
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.32 0.85 0.87 0.93 0.64

Malayan Flour Mills Bhd Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
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 0.72 0.64 1.02 0.88 0.79

Competitive Comparison of Malayan Flour Mills Bhd's Beta

For the Farm Products subindustry, Malayan Flour Mills Bhd'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.


Malayan Flour Mills Bhd's Beta Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Malayan Flour Mills Bhd's Beta distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Malayan Flour Mills Bhd's Beta falls into.



Malayan Flour Mills Bhd 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.


Malayan Flour Mills Bhd  (XKLS:3662) 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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Malayan Flour Mills Bhd Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
165 Jalan Ampang, Suite 28.01, Level 28, Menara Citibank, Kuala Lumpur, SGR, MYS, 50450
Malayan Flour Mills Bhd is engaged in the flour milling industry in Malaysia. It has three operating segments; Flour and grain trading segment includes Milling and selling wheat flour and trading in grain and other allied products, Poultry integration segment includes Manufacture and sale of animal feeds, processing and sale of poultry products, poultry grow-out farm, breeding and sale of day-old-chicks and contract farming activities, and Other segment include Manufacture and sale of aqua feeds, re-measurement of contingent consideration receivable and provision for profit guarantee payment. Maximum revenue is generated by the Flour and grains trading segment. Geographically, Malaysia generates a majority of the revenue for the company.

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