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Bank of Palestine (XPAE:BOP) Volatility : 10.13% (As of Apr. 25, 2025)


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What is Bank of Palestine 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 (2025-04-25), Bank of Palestine's Volatility is 10.13%.


Competitive Comparison of Bank of Palestine's Volatility

For the Banks - Regional subindustry, Bank of Palestine'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.


Bank of Palestine's Volatility Distribution in the Banks Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Bank of Palestine's Volatility falls into.


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Bank of Palestine  (XPAE:BOP) 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.


Bank of Palestine  (XPAE:BOP) 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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Bank of Palestine Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
Ain Misbah, P.O. Box 471, Ramallah, PSE
Bank of Palestine is active in the banking operation in Palestine. The areas of businesses under its portfolio include Retail banking, Corporate banking and Treasury services, which are also its operating segments. The Retail banking is its key segment and generates the maximum revenues through interest received from individual customers' deposits and providing consumer loans, overdrafts, credit card facilities and other services. The Corporate banking segment includes handling loans, credit facilities, deposits and current accounts for corporate, institutional customers and public sector. Under the Treasury service umbrella, the bank provides trading and treasury services and manages the bank's funds and investment.

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