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Four Seas Mercantile Holdings (HKSE:00374) Volatility : 5.48% (As of Apr. 12, 2025)


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What is Four Seas Mercantile Holdings 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 (2025-04-12), Four Seas Mercantile Holdings's Volatility is 5.48%.


Competitive Comparison of Four Seas Mercantile Holdings's Volatility

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Four Seas Mercantile Holdings'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.


Four Seas Mercantile Holdings's Volatility Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Four Seas Mercantile Holdings's Volatility distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Four Seas Mercantile Holdings's Volatility falls into.


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Four Seas Mercantile Holdings  (HKSE:00374) 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.


Four Seas Mercantile Holdings  (HKSE:00374) 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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Four Seas Mercantile Holdings Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
No. 23 Wang Tai Road, 21st Floor, Manhattan Place, Kowloon Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, HKG
Four Seas Mercantile Holdings Ltd is an investment holding company. The company's geographical segment includes Hong Kong; Mainland China and Japan. It generates maximum revenue from Hong Kong. The Hong Kong segment is engaged in the operation of restaurants, the manufacture and trading of snack foods, confectionery, beverages, frozen food products, ham and ham-related products and noodles, as well as the retailing of snack foods, confectionery and beverages, and providing catering services in Hong Kong.
Executives
Special Access Limited
Careful Guide Limited
Advance Finance Investments Limited
Capital Season Investments Limited
Hong Kong Food Investment Holdings Limited
Tai Tak Fung
Wu Mei Yung
Manureen Holdings Limited 2101 Beneficial owner
Realord Group Holdings Limited 2101 Beneficial owner
Lin Xiaohui 2201 Interest of corporation controlled by you
Su Jiaohua 2202 Interest of your spouse

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