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Bharat Petroleum (BOM:500547) Beta : 1.23 (As of May. 26, 2024)


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What is Bharat Petroleum Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2024-05-26), Bharat Petroleum's Beta is 1.23.


Bharat Petroleum Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for Bharat Petroleum's Beta can be seen below:

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Bharat Petroleum Beta Chart

Bharat Petroleum 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 1.22 1.16 1.18 1.17 1.24

Bharat Petroleum 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 1.17 1.10 1.06 1.38 1.24

Competitive Comparison of Bharat Petroleum's Beta

For the Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing subindustry, Bharat Petroleum'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.


Bharat Petroleum's Beta Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Bharat Petroleum's Beta distribution charts can be found below:

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



Bharat Petroleum 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.


Bharat Petroleum  (BOM:500547) 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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Bharat Petroleum (BOM:500547) Business Description

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4 and 6 Currimbhoy Road, Ballard Estate, Bharat Bhavan, P.O. Box No. 668, Mumbai, MH, IND, 400001
Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd operates several refineries in India, while also marketing and distributing petroleum by-products. Operations are divided into the business segments: Downstream Petroleum (majority of revenue) and Exploration and Production of hydorcarbons. Downstream Petroleum operations include the refineries that produce liquefied petroleum gas, aromatics, kerosene, fuel oil, furnace oil, and bitumen. Bharat's petroleum by-products are often commanded by consumers in aviation, autos, maritime, and many other industrial segments. The Downstream Petroleum operations also include the network of retail service stations across India.

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