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Ceylon Cold Stores (COL:CCS.N0000) Volatility : 29.80% (As of May. 25, 2024)


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What is Ceylon Cold Stores 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), Ceylon Cold Stores's Volatility is 29.80%.


Competitive Comparison of Ceylon Cold Stores's Volatility

For the Beverages - Non-Alcoholic subindustry, Ceylon Cold Stores'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.


Ceylon Cold Stores's Volatility Distribution in the Beverages - Non-Alcoholic Industry

For the Beverages - Non-Alcoholic industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Ceylon Cold Stores's Volatility distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Ceylon Cold Stores's Volatility falls into.



Ceylon Cold Stores  (COL:CCS.N0000) 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.


Ceylon Cold Stores  (COL:CCS.N0000) 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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Ceylon Cold Stores (COL:CCS.N0000) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
No. 148, Vauxhall Street, Colombo, LKA, 02
Ceylon Cold Stores PLC is a Sri Lankan company that is engaged in the manufacturing and marketing of beverages and frozen confectionery. The company operates through two business segments namely Manufacturing and Supermarkets. It generates maximum revenue from the Supermarkets segment. The company offers carbonated soft drinks, including ginger beer, cream, and apple soda, raspberry flavored Necto, orange-flavored orange crush and orange barley, lemonade, dry ginger ale, and toni, bottled drinking water, energy drinks, and ice creams. Geographically, it derives a majority of its revenue from Sri Lanka.

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