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Liberty Kenya Holdings (NAI:LBTY) Volatility : 39.50% (As of Jun. 09, 2024)


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What is Liberty Kenya 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 (2024-06-09), Liberty Kenya Holdings's Volatility is 39.50%.


Competitive Comparison of Liberty Kenya Holdings's Volatility

For the Insurance - Diversified subindustry, Liberty Kenya 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.


Liberty Kenya Holdings's Volatility Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Liberty Kenya Holdings's Volatility distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Liberty Kenya Holdings's Volatility falls into.



Liberty Kenya Holdings  (NAI:LBTY) 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.


Liberty Kenya Holdings  (NAI:LBTY) 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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Liberty Kenya Holdings (NAI:LBTY) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
Liberty House, Processional Way, P. O. Box 30364, Nairobi, KEN, 00100
Liberty Kenya Holdings Ltd is an insurance company. It offers long-term insurance products and services to individual and corporate markets. Its products include life insurance, health insurance, and short-term insurance. Its insurance contracts are categorized as long-term and general insurance businesses depending on the duration of risk. Its long-term business includes a life assurance business, superannuation business, industrial life assurance business, and bond investment business. General insurance business includes insurance business of aviation, engineering, fire, liability, marine, motor, personal accident, theft, workmen's compensation and employer's liability insurance, and miscellaneous insurance.

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