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Oriental Aromatics (NSE:OAL) Volatility : 49.24% (As of Dec. 15, 2024)


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What is Oriental Aromatics 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 (2024-12-15), Oriental Aromatics's Volatility is 49.24%.


Competitive Comparison of Oriental Aromatics's Volatility

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Oriental Aromatics'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.


Oriental Aromatics's Volatility Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Oriental Aromatics's Volatility distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Oriental Aromatics's Volatility falls into.



Oriental Aromatics  (NSE:OAL) 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.


Oriental Aromatics  (NSE:OAL) 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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Oriental Aromatics Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Mahatma Gandhi Road, 133, Jehangir Building, 2nd Floor, Fort, Mumbai, MH, IND, 400 001
Oriental Aromatics Ltd is Indian based company engaged in the business of manufacturing of fine chemicals along with its principal products and services including Perfumery Chemicals, Camphor, and Isoborneol. The organization also manufactures and sells camphor, terpineols, resins, aromatic and terpene chemicals, fragrance chemicals, and fragrance chemical intermediaries. The firm offers a range of products, which consists of synthetic camphor, terpineols, pine oils, resins, astromusk, perfumery chemicals, and specialty chemicals. The primary segment of the company is the manufacturing of fine chemicals. It operates in two geographical segments: Domestic and Export. The company makes the majority of its revenue within operations in India.

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