Volatility is a statistical measure of the dispersion of returns for a given security or market index, it shows how the price swings around its mean. The volatility here is measured as the annualized standard deviation between monthly returns from the security over the past year. In most cases, the higher the volatility, the riskier the security.
Competitive Comparison of Stillwater Mining Co's Volatility
For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, Stillwater Mining Co's Volatility, along with its competitors' market caps and Volatility 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.
Stillwater Mining Co's Volatility Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry
For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Stillwater Mining Co's Volatility distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Stillwater Mining Co's Volatility falls into.
Stillwater Mining Co (NYSE:SWC) Volatility Calculation
The annualized volatility is calculated as following:
σA
=
σM
*
√12
=
√ 1/(n-1) ∑(Ri - R')^2
*
√12
Where: σM is the monthly volatility, n is the number of months in the period, Ri is the security's historical monthly returns and R' is the arithmetic mean of monthly returns.
* 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.
Stillwater Mining Co (NYSE:SWC) Volatility Explanation
Volatility is a statistical measure of the dispersion of returns for a given security or market index. It’s often measured as standard deviation or variance of historical returns over a certain period. The volatility here is measured as the annualized standard deviation between monthly returns from the security over the past year.
Volatility reflects the uncertainty or risk of a security’s value. Generally speaking, a higher volatility suggests a higher risk, because it implies a wider fluctuation around average price. This means the price of the security can change dramatically in either direction within a short period. Conversely, a lower volatility means that the security's price is more steady, which suggests a lower risk.
Another measurement of relative volatility is Beta. Beta is a measure of systematic risk of a security or a portfolio in comparison to the market as a whole. Beta is usually compared to 1. A beta of greater than 1 indicates that the security's price will be more volatile than the market.
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Stillwater Mining Co (Stillwater Mining Co) Business Description
Stillwater Mining Company is the only platinum-group metals miner in the United States, and one of the producers outside of South Africa and the Russian Federation. The company is engaged in the development, extraction, and processing of platinum-group metals from a geological formation in south-central Montana known as the J-M Reef. Platinum-group metals are rare precious metals used in a wide variety of applications, including automobile catalysts, fuel cells, hydrogen purification, electronics, jewellery, dentistry, medicine, and coinage. The company also recycles the metals from catalytic converters and other industrial sources. It has Mine production, PGM recycling, Canadian properties, South American properties and All other. Mine production segment engages in the development, extraction, processing and refining of PGMs. The PGM catalyst segment recycles spent catalyst material to recover PGM contained in the material. The Canadian properties segment consists primarily marathon mineral property assets. The exploration stage Marathon mineral properties include PGM and copper deposit located near town of Marathon and Ontario and properties adjacent to Marathon. The South American properties segment includes Peregrine metals Ltd assets. All other segment covers assets including investments, revenues, expenses of corporate and support functions.
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