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Enanta Pharmaceuticals (FRA:9EP) Volatility : 62.11% (As of Dec. 14, 2024)


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What is Enanta Pharmaceuticals 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 (2024-12-14), Enanta Pharmaceuticals's Volatility is 62.11%.


Competitive Comparison of Enanta Pharmaceuticals's Volatility

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Enanta Pharmaceuticals'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.


Enanta Pharmaceuticals's Volatility Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Enanta Pharmaceuticals's Volatility distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Enanta Pharmaceuticals's Volatility falls into.



Enanta Pharmaceuticals  (FRA:9EP) 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.


Enanta Pharmaceuticals  (FRA:9EP) 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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Enanta Pharmaceuticals Business Description

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Address
4 Kingsbury Avenue, Watertown, MA, USA, 02472
Enanta Pharmaceuticals Inc is an American biotechnology company which uses robust, chemistry-driven approach and drug discovery capabilities to focus on the research and development of molecule drugs to cure viral infections and liver diseases. Uses virology and immunology method for curing the diseases. The targeted diseases are hepatitis C, hepatitis B, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, and the respiratory syncytial virus. The novelty of company research is a specific direct-acting antiviral inhibitor against the hepatitis C virus. The company's inhibitors have been developed in collaboration with AbbVie. AbbVie markets the protease inhibitor, paritaprevir, while other inhibitors are in the pipeline.

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