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What is Sourcefire, 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.

Sourcefire, does not have enough data to calculate Volatility.

Competitive Comparison of Sourcefire,'s Volatility

For the Software - Application subindustry, Sourcefire,'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.

Sourcefire,'s Volatility Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Sourcefire,'s Volatility distribution charts can be found below:

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Sourcefire,  (FRA:SEV) 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.

Sourcefire,  (FRA:SEV) 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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Sourcefire, (FRA:SEV) Business Description

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Sourcefire, Inc. was incorporated in Delaware in 2001. The Company is a provider of Enterprise Threat Management, or ETM, intelligent security infrastructure solutions for information technology, or IT, environments of commercial enterprises such as healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, energy, education, retail and telecommunications and federal and state government organizations. The Company's 3D System is comprised of hardware and software product offerings such as Sourcefire Defense Center and Sourcefire 3D Sensors. The Sourcefire 3D System Defense Center unifies critical network security functions including event monitoring, correlation, and prioritization with network and user intelligence for forensic analysis, trends analysis, reporting and alerting. Sourcefire 3D Sensors have processing speeds ranging from 5 megabytes per second, or Mbps, to 10 gigabytes per second, or Gbps, Sourcefire 3D Sensors are highly scalable, fault-tolerant appliances responsible for processing Sourcefire IPS, RNA, RUA and NetFlow Analysis software applications. The Company's 3D Sensors are available with a variety of copper and fiber interfaces to meet the connectivity needs of virtually any organization. The company also provides a variety of professional services solutions to provide customers with best practices for planning, installing, configuring, and managing all components of the Sourcefire 3D System. The Company provides a variety of training programs to help security professionals using Sourcefire commercial or open source security solutions out of their investment. The competitors include Cisco Systems, Inc., IBM Corporation, Juniper Networks, Inc., 3Com Corporation, Check Point Software Technologies, Ltd., McAfee, Inc., Cisco Systems, Inc., 3Com Corporation and Juniper Networks, Inc. The Company sells their solutions to a diverse customer base that includes Global 2000 companies, global enterprises, U.S. and international government agencies and small and mid-size businesses. For the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, the Company generated approximately 67%, 75%, and 75% of the revenue from customers in the United States and 33%, 25%, and 25% from customers outside the United States, respectively. The Company increased their total revenue from $165.6 million in 2011 to $223.1 million in 2012, representing an annual growth rate of 35%.To protect intellectual property, both domestically and abroad, the Company rely on patent, trademark, copyright and trade secret laws The Company holds 23 issued patents and have dozens of patent applications pending for examination in the U.S. and foreign jurisdictions.