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Wai Yuen Tong Medicine Holdings (HKSE:00897) Volatility : 123.99% (As of Jun. 08, 2024)


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What is Wai Yuen Tong Medicine 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 (2024-06-08), Wai Yuen Tong Medicine Holdings's Volatility is 123.99%.


Competitive Comparison of Wai Yuen Tong Medicine Holdings's Volatility

For the Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic subindustry, Wai Yuen Tong Medicine 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.


Wai Yuen Tong Medicine Holdings's Volatility Distribution in the Drug Manufacturers Industry

For the Drug Manufacturers industry and Healthcare sector, Wai Yuen Tong Medicine Holdings's Volatility distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Wai Yuen Tong Medicine Holdings's Volatility falls into.



Wai Yuen Tong Medicine Holdings  (HKSE:00897) 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.


Wai Yuen Tong Medicine Holdings  (HKSE:00897) 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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Wai Yuen Tong Medicine Holdings (HKSE:00897) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
39 Wang Kwong Road, Suite 3101, 31st Floor, Skyline Tower, Kowloon Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, HKG
Wai Yuen Tong Medicine Holdings Ltd is an investment holding company. The company's operating segment includes production and sale of Chinese pharmaceutical and health food products; production and sale of Western pharmaceutical and health food products and property investment and management and sale of properties in the agricultural produce market. It generates maximum revenue from the production and sale of Chinese pharmaceutical and health food products which include manufacturing, processing, and sale of traditional Chinese medicine which includes Chinese medicinal products sold under the brand name Wai Yuen Tong. Geographically, it derives a majority of revenue from Mainland China.
Executives
Wang On Group Limited 2501 Other
Tang Ching Ho 2501 Other
Yau Yuk Yin 2202 Interest of your spouse

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