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Priority Technology Holdings (Priority Technology Holdings) Volatility : 24.61% (As of May. 15, 2024)


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What is Priority Technology 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 (2024-05-15), Priority Technology Holdings's Volatility is 24.61%.


Competitive Comparison of Priority Technology Holdings's Volatility

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Priority Technology 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.


Priority Technology Holdings's Volatility Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Priority Technology Holdings's Volatility distribution charts can be found below:

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



Priority Technology Holdings  (OTCPK:PRTHU) 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.


Priority Technology Holdings  (OTCPK:PRTHU) 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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Priority Technology Holdings (Priority Technology Holdings) Business Description

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Address
2001 Westside Parkway, Suite 155, Alpharetta, GA, USA, 30004
Priority Technology Holdings Inc is a provider of merchant acquiring and commercial payment solutions to small and medium businesses enterprises in the United States. The company has three reportable segments which are SMB Payments, B2B Payments and Enterprise Payments. SMB Payments segment which generates majority revenue provides full-service acquiring and payment-enabled solutions for B2C transactions, leveraging priority's proprietary software platform, distributed through ISO: B2B Payments segment provides AP automation solutions to corporations, software partners and industry FIs: and Enterprise Payments segment provides embedded payment and treasury solutions to enterprise customers to modernize legacy platforms and accelerate software partners' strategies to monetize payments.