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What is North Atlantic Drilling 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.

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Competitive Comparison of North Atlantic Drilling's Volatility

For the Oil & Gas Drilling subindustry, North Atlantic Drilling'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.


North Atlantic Drilling's Volatility Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

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North Atlantic Drilling  (FRA:2NAA) 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.


North Atlantic Drilling  (FRA:2NAA) 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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North Atlantic Drilling (FRA:2NAA) Business Description

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North Atlantic Drilling Ltd is a Bermuda-based offshore drilling contractor which focused on operations in the North Atlantic Region. The company operates offshore drilling rigs in operation offshore Norway and the United Kingdom. It also provides harsh environment drilling services to the oil and gas industry. The company's fleet of offshore drilling units of the company consists of drill ships, semi-submersible rigs, jack-up rigs and tender rigs. It operates its business in Norway, United Kingdom, and Russia and most of the revenue come from Norway.

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