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Muthoot Capital Services (BOM:511766) Volatility : 38.85% (As of May. 25, 2024)


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What is Muthoot Capital Services Volatility?

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.

As of today (2024-05-25), Muthoot Capital Services's Volatility is 38.85%.


Competitive Comparison of Muthoot Capital Services's Volatility

For the Credit Services subindustry, Muthoot Capital Services'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.


Muthoot Capital Services's Volatility Distribution in the Credit Services Industry

For the Credit Services industry and Financial Services sector, Muthoot Capital Services's Volatility distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Muthoot Capital Services's Volatility falls into.



Muthoot Capital Services  (BOM:511766) 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.


Muthoot Capital Services  (BOM:511766) 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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Muthoot Capital Services (BOM:511766) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
M.G. Road, 3rd Floor, Muthoot Towers, Ernakulam, Kochi, KL, IND, 682 035
Muthoot Capital Services Ltd is an Indian non-banking finance company (NBFC). It offers fund-based financial services to retail, corporate and institutional customers. The portfolio of the company's commercial finance products is predominantly two-wheeler loans, public deposits, and business loans. It is engaged in the business of financing for the purchase of automobiles, mainly two-wheelers against hypothecation of the respective vehicles, corporate loans and granting of business and personal loans against Security of receivables and demand promissory notes. The company also engaged in the business of buying loan portfolios from other NBFCs financing the two-wheelers /small business/microfinance segment. All of the company's revenue is earned from India.

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