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.
Competitive Comparison of SoundBite Communications,'s Volatility
For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, SoundBite Communications,'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.
SoundBite Communications,'s Volatility Distribution in the Business Services Industry
For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, SoundBite Communications,'s Volatility distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where SoundBite Communications,'s Volatility falls into.
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.
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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SoundBite Communications, (FRA:4S9) Business Description
SoundBite Communications, Inc. was founded in Delaware in April 2000. The Company provides an on-demand, multi-channel proactive customer communications service that enables organizations to design, execute and measure communication campaigns for a variety of marketing, customer care, payment and collection processes. Clients use its SoundBite Engage platform to communicate with their customers through voice, text and email messages that are relevant, timely, personalized and engaging. Its service is provided using a multi-tenant architecture, which enables a single customer communications platform to serve all of its clients cost-effectively. Clients use the SoundBite Engage platform to create and manage campaigns for a variety of marketing, customer care, payments and collections processes. A campaign is a series of communications with a targeted group of customers, typically for a defined period of time. The targeted group is identified by a contact list containing customer-specific attributes, including first and last names, telephone numbers, e-mail addresses and other information specific to the campaign. The Company's service is provided using a multi-tenant architecture, which enables a single PCC platform to serve all of its clients cost-effectively. To use its service, an organization does not need to invest in or maintain new hardware or to hire and manage dedicated information technology staff. The Company's Client Management organization helps clients select service features and adopt best practices that would enable the clients to use its multi-channel PCC platform effectively. The organization provides varying levels of support, such as managing entire campaigns, providing optimization recommendations and supporting self-service clients. It offers a range of services that includes script development, campaign strategy, professional voice talent recording, custom reporting and detailed analysis of campaign results. The Company serves its clients from three third-party hosting facilities, which are located in Ashburn, Virginia; Somerville, Massachusetts; and Toronto, Ontario. The Company's business operations are affected, directly or indirectly, by a range of U.S. federal and state laws and regulations that restrict customer communications activities using its service, its handling of information and other aspects of its business.
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