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Workforce Holdings (JSE:WKF) Volatility : 61.79% (As of Jun. 27, 2025)


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What is Workforce 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 (2025-06-27), Workforce Holdings's Volatility is 61.79%.


Competitive Comparison of Workforce Holdings's Volatility

For the Staffing & Employment Services subindustry, Workforce 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.


Workforce Holdings's Volatility Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Workforce Holdings's Volatility distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Workforce Holdings's Volatility falls into.


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Workforce Holdings  (JSE:WKF) 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.


Workforce Holdings  (JSE:WKF) 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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Workforce Holdings Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
11 Wellington Road, Parktown, Johannesburg, ZAF, 2193
Workforce Holdings Ltd is an investment holding company. It has structured its operations into the following business segments: the Staffing and outsourcing segment comprises the provision of staff and labor outsourcing solutions; the Training and education segment provides industry and job-specific skills assessments; the Healthcare segment comprises recruitment and placement of medical professionals for hospitals and other healthcare-related business; Financial services segment comprises death and disability cover, funeral cover, hospital cover, day-to-day medical insurance, and financial and mobile products and services. The majority of its revenue comes from the Staffing and outsourcing segment.

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