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Lanxess AG (WBO:LXS) 1-Year Sharpe Ratio : 0.37 (As of Jun. 28, 2025)


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What is Lanxess AG 1-Year Sharpe Ratio?

The 1-Year Sharpe Ratio measures the additional return that an investor receives per unit of increase in risk over the past year. As of today (2025-06-28), Lanxess AG's 1-Year Sharpe Ratio is 0.37.


Competitive Comparison of Lanxess AG's 1-Year Sharpe Ratio

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Lanxess AG's 1-Year Sharpe Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and 1-Year Sharpe Ratio 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.


Lanxess AG's 1-Year Sharpe Ratio Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Lanxess AG's 1-Year Sharpe Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Lanxess AG's 1-Year Sharpe Ratio falls into.


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Lanxess AG 1-Year Sharpe Ratio Calculation

The 1-Year Sharpe Ratio measures the performance of an investment such as a stock or portfolio compared to a risk-free asset. A stock / portfolio's 1-Year Sharpe Ratio can be calculated by dividing the difference between the one-year returns of the investment and the risk-free rate, by the standard deviation of the investment returns over one year.


Lanxess AG  (WBO:LXS) 1-Year Sharpe Ratio Explanation

The 1-Year Sharpe Ratio inidicates the risk-adjusted return of an investment over the past year. It is calculated as the annualized result of the average monthly excess return divided by its standard deviation over the past year. The monthly excess return is the monthly investment return minus the monthly risk-free rate (typically the 10-year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate). If the risk-free rate for a specific region is not available, U.S. data is used by default.

The greater a portfolio's Sharpe Ratio, the better its risk-adjusted performance. A negative Sharpe Ratio means the risk-free rate is greater than the portfolio’s historical or projected return, or else the portfolio's return is expected to be negative.


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Lanxess AG Business Description

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Kennedyplatz 1, Cologne, DEU, 50569
Lanxess AG is a German chemical company that was originally spun out of Bayer. Lanxess has visibly decommoditised its portfolio by divesting its synthetic rubber business. It has business segments namely: specialty chemicals company in the fields of consumer protection chemicals, specialty additives, intermediates, and others. Geographically, it operates in EMEA (excluding Germany), Germany, Americas, and Asia-Pacific.

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