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Kansai Paint Co (Kansai Paint Co) Beta : -0.33 (As of May. 24, 2024)


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What is Kansai Paint Co Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-05-24), Kansai Paint Co's Beta is -0.33.


Kansai Paint Co Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for Kansai Paint Co's Beta can be seen below:

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Kansai Paint Co Beta Chart

Kansai Paint Co Annual Data
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Kansai Paint Co Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of Kansai Paint Co's Beta

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Kansai Paint Co'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.


Kansai Paint Co's Beta Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Kansai Paint Co's Beta falls into.



Kansai Paint Co 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.


Kansai Paint Co  (OTCPK:KPTCY) 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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Kansai Paint Co (Kansai Paint Co) Business Description

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6-14, Imabashi 2-chome, Chuo-ku, Osaka, JPN, 541-8523
Kansai Paint Co Ltd manufactures and sells a variety of coatings and paint products. The company sells five primary types of products: automotive coatings; automotive refinish coatings; decorative coatings; protection coatings; and industrial coatings. The firm's automotive coatings include clear coat paints, top coat paints, and primers. The industrial coatings include paint and coatings for bridges, roads, storage tanks, power plants, and manufacturing facilities. Kansai Paint sells its products primarily to the automotive, marine, and construction industries.

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