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Islamic Arab Insurance Co (DFM:SALAMA) Volatility : 19.33% (As of Mar. 28, 2025)


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What is Islamic Arab Insurance Co 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 (2025-03-28), Islamic Arab Insurance Co's Volatility is 19.33%.


Competitive Comparison of Islamic Arab Insurance Co's Volatility

For the Insurance - Diversified subindustry, Islamic Arab Insurance 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.


Islamic Arab Insurance Co's Volatility Distribution in the Insurance Industry

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

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Islamic Arab Insurance Co  (DFM:SALAMA) 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.


Islamic Arab Insurance Co  (DFM:SALAMA) 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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Islamic Arab Insurance Co Business Description

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Address
Oud Metha, Sheikh Rashid Road, 4th Floor, Block A, P.O. Box: 10214, Spectrum Building, Dubai, ARE
Islamic Arab Insurance Co is the Takaful (Islamic Insurance) and Re-Takaful insurance company. The Dubai-based company aims to provide Sharia-compliant Takaful solutions to customers. It offers insurance to both institutional and individual customers. It offers family takaful solutions, including whole life, term, savings, and investment plans; and auto takaful solutions, such as motor comprehensive, motor third party liability, and vehicle export insurance products. It also provides general takaful solutions, which include fire and allied perils, property all risk; travel insurance products; engineering insurance products; marine insurance products; public liability insurance products; accident insurance products. In addition, it offers group health plans; and reinsurance products.

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