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.
Competitive Comparison of Pohjola Pankki Oyj's Volatility
For the Banks - Regional subindustry, Pohjola Pankki Oyj'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.
Pohjola Pankki Oyj's Volatility Distribution in the Banks Industry
For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, Pohjola Pankki Oyj's Volatility distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Pohjola Pankki Oyj's Volatility falls into.
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.
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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Pohjola Pankki Oyj (LTS:0ICL) Business Description
Pohjola Pankki Oyj, provides banking, non-life insurance and wealth management services. It serves businesses, institutions and private individuals and provides banking and insurance services to customers while supporting corporate customers' business.. The Company operates through the following three business segments: Banking, Asset Management, and Non-life Insurance. The banking segment provides corporate and institutional customers with solutions for their financing and financial management needs. Banking consists of the following divisions: Corporate Banking, Markets and Baltic Banking. Companies within Banking are the member banks, Helsinki OP Bank PLC, OP-Kotipankki Oyj, OP Mortgage Bank and OP Fund Management Company Ltd and certain smaller companies supporting banking services in its entirety. The Company's Banking and Asset Management segments are also included under OP-Pohjola Group's Banking. The operations of OP Bank Group Mutual Insurance Company's are also included under Banking as the company's business consists of credit insurance to OP-Pohjola Group's retail banks. The Wealth Management Segment comprises the following operations: OP Life Assurance Company Ltd and Aurum Investment Insurance Ltd engaged in the Company's life and pension insurance business, OP Fund Management Company Ltd engaged in mutual fund business, and Pohjola Group's Asset Management segment. The Non-life Insurance segment encompasses the operations of OP-Pohjola Group's non-life insurance companies, i.e. Pohjola Insurance Ltd, Eurooppalainen Insurance Company Ltd, A-Insurance Ltd, the Seesam companies operating in the Baltic countries, as well as the operations of service companies supporting non-life insurance. Non-life insurance products include non-life insurance policies sold to corporate and private customers.
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