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LPCUF (Lee's Pharmaceutical Holdings) Volatility : 4.72% (As of Dec. 12, 2024)


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What is Lee's Pharmaceutical 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 (2024-12-12), Lee's Pharmaceutical Holdings's Volatility is 4.72%.


Competitive Comparison of Lee's Pharmaceutical Holdings's Volatility

For the Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic subindustry, Lee's Pharmaceutical 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.


Lee's Pharmaceutical Holdings's Volatility Distribution in the Drug Manufacturers Industry

For the Drug Manufacturers industry and Healthcare sector, Lee's Pharmaceutical Holdings's Volatility distribution charts can be found below:

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



Lee's Pharmaceutical Holdings  (OTCPK:LPCUF) 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.


Lee's Pharmaceutical Holdings  (OTCPK:LPCUF) 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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Lee's Pharmaceutical Holdings Business Description

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Address
Hong Kong Science Park, 1st Floor, Building 20E, Phase 3, Shatin, Hong Kong, HKG
Lee's Pharmaceutical Holdings Ltd is a research-driven and market-oriented biopharmaceutical company. Along with its subsidiaries, it develops, manufactures, sells, and markets pharmaceutical products. It focuses on cardiovascular, women's health, pediatrics, rare diseases, oncology, dermatology, and obstetrics. The company's reportable segments are; Proprietary and generic products which generates key revenue, and Licensed-in products. The Proprietary Products portfolio includes Livaracine, Yallaferon, Slounase, and Nadroparin Calcium Injection. Its Licensed-in Products include Centraxal Plus, Dicoflor, Ferplex, and Natulan among others. Geographically, the company generates a majority of its revenue from the People's Republic of China.

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