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NWYF (Northway Financial) Volatility : 61.32% (As of Dec. 15, 2024)


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What is Northway Financial 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), Northway Financial's Volatility is 61.32%.


Competitive Comparison of Northway Financial's Volatility

For the Banks - Regional subindustry, Northway Financial'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.


Northway Financial's Volatility Distribution in the Banks Industry

For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, Northway Financial's Volatility distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Northway Financial's Volatility falls into.



Northway Financial  (OTCPK:NWYF) 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.


Northway Financial  (OTCPK:NWYF) 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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Northway Financial Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
3424 White Mountain Highway, North Conway, Conway, NH, USA, 03860
Northway Financial Inc is a bank holding company. The bank is engaged in the business of attracting deposits from the public and investing those deposits in securities, commercial loans, real estate loans, and consumer loans. It provides various products and services such as Personal checking, Debit cards, Online banking, Mobile Banking, Mortgages, Business Loans, Credit cards, Personal insurance, investments, and other related services.
Executives
Jeffrey D Smith officer: SVP-Chief Admin. Officer 2 ELM STREET / PO BOX 310, CAMDEN ME 04843
Fletcher W Adams director
Stephen G Boucher director
Richard P Orsillo officer: SVP & Chief Financial Officer
Richard T Brunelle officer: SVP Comm'l Loan Officer
William J Woodward director, officer: Chairman, President & CEO
John H Noyes director
Barry J Kelly director
John A Gobel officer: SVP/Senior Technology Officer PO BOX 69, FRANKFORT ME 04438
Mark C Bechtold officer: SVP/Sr HR Leadership Dev Off. 99 HYFIELD LANE, JEFFERSON NH 03583
John D Morris director