GURUFOCUS.COM » STOCK LIST » Industrials » Transportation » Swift Transportation Co (NYSE:SWFT) » Definitions » Volatility

Swift Transportation Co (Swift Transportation Co) Volatility : N/A% (As of May. 06, 2024)


View and export this data going back to 2010. Start your Free Trial

What is Swift Transportation Co 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.

Swift Transportation Co does not have enough data to calculate Volatility.


Competitive Comparison of Swift Transportation Co's Volatility

For the Trucking subindustry, Swift Transportation Co'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.


Swift Transportation Co's Volatility Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Swift Transportation Co's Volatility distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Swift Transportation Co's Volatility falls into.



Swift Transportation Co  (NYSE:SWFT) 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.


Swift Transportation Co  (NYSE:SWFT) 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.


Swift Transportation Co Volatility Related Terms

Thank you for viewing the detailed overview of Swift Transportation Co's Volatility provided by GuruFocus.com. Please click on the following links to see related term pages.


Swift Transportation Co (Swift Transportation Co) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
Swift Transportation is the largest full-truckload carrier (74% of revenue) in the United States, with an effective fleet of more than 19,000 tractors across all its divisions, when including owner-operators. Following its acquisition of Central Refrigerated in 2013, it ranks among the top 10 temperature-controlled providers (8%). Swift also offers intermodal (9%), which competes with the likes of J.B. Hunt. In December 2010, Swift came public for a second time; founder Jerry Moyes had taken it private in 2007.

Swift Transportation Co (Swift Transportation Co) Headlines

From GuruFocus

Joel Greenblatt Invests in Swift Transportation

By Kyle Ferguson Kyle Ferguson 06-24-2016

Potential Risk and Reward With Swift Transportation

By Jonathan Poland Jonathan Poland 01-26-2016