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Ceylinco Insurance (COL:CINS.X0000) Volatility : 12.31% (As of Apr. 30, 2024)


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What is Ceylinco Insurance 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 (2024-04-30), Ceylinco Insurance's Volatility is 12.31%.


Competitive Comparison of Ceylinco Insurance's Volatility

For the Insurance - Diversified subindustry, Ceylinco Insurance'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.


Ceylinco Insurance's Volatility Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Ceylinco Insurance's Volatility distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Ceylinco Insurance's Volatility falls into.



Ceylinco Insurance  (COL:CINS.X0000) 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.


Ceylinco Insurance  (COL:CINS.X0000) 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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Ceylinco Insurance (COL:CINS.X0000) Business Description

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Address
No. 69, Janadhipathi Mawatha, Ceylinco House, Colombo, LKA, 01
Ceylinco Insurance PLC is engaged in seven business segments. The Life Insurance segment, which is the key revenue driver, offers whole-life products, term products, universal life products, and mortgage protection products. The Non-Life Insurance segment includes motor, fire, engineering, marine, and miscellaneous. The Healthcare segment includes a center for Cancer screening, Radiation treatment units, and a Diabetes center. The Maldives Foreign operations include non-life insurance products in Maldives. The Education Services segment includes primary, secondary, and high education courses. The Power generation segment generates and distributes hydropower to the national grid. Other segment includes investment holding, associate business, investment management & hotel services.

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