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Amphastar Pharmaceuticals (Amphastar Pharmaceuticals) Volatility : 55.72% (As of Apr. 29, 2024)


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What is Amphastar Pharmaceuticals 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 (2024-04-29), Amphastar Pharmaceuticals's Volatility is 55.72%.


Competitive Comparison of Amphastar Pharmaceuticals's Volatility

For the Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic subindustry, Amphastar Pharmaceuticals'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.


Amphastar Pharmaceuticals's Volatility Distribution in the Drug Manufacturers Industry

For the Drug Manufacturers industry and Healthcare sector, Amphastar Pharmaceuticals's Volatility distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Amphastar Pharmaceuticals's Volatility falls into.



Amphastar Pharmaceuticals  (NAS:AMPH) 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.


Amphastar Pharmaceuticals  (NAS:AMPH) 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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Amphastar Pharmaceuticals (Amphastar Pharmaceuticals) Business Description

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Address
11570 6th Street, Rancho Cucamonga, CA, USA, 91730
Amphastar Pharmaceuticals Inc is a biopharmaceutical company that focuses primarily on developing, manufacturing, marketing, and selling technically challenging generic and proprietary injectable, inhalation, and intranasal products. Additionally, the company sells insulin API products. The company's finished products are used in hospital or urgent care clinical settings and are contracted and distributed through group purchasing organizations and drug wholesalers. The company has two reportable segments finished pharmaceutical products and API products. Geographically the business presence of the firm is seen in the United States, China and France of which the U.S. accounts for the majority of the revenue.
Executives
Mary Z. Luo director, 10 percent owner, officer: COO and Chief Scientist 11570 6TH STREET, RANCHO CUCAMONGA CA 91730
Floyd F. Petersen director 11570 6TH STREET, RANCHO CUCAMONGA CA 91730
Rong Zhou officer: EVP, Production C/O AMPHASTAR PHARMACEUTICALS INC., 11570 SIXTH STREET, RANCHO CUCAMONGA CA 91730
Richard K Prins director
William J Peters officer: CFO, SVP & Treasurer C/O AMPHASTAR PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 11570 6TH STREET, RANCHO CUCAMONGA CA 91730
Yakob Liawatidewi officer: SVP Corp Admin Center C/O AMPHASTAR PHARMACEUTICALS INC, 11570 SIXTH STREET, RANCHO CUCAMONGA CA 91730
Michael A Zasloff director
Gayle Deflin director 11570 6TH STREET, RANCHO CUCAMONGA CA 91730
Diane G. Gerst officer: EVP, QA & Regulatory Affairs 11570 6TH STREET, RANCHO CUCAMONGA CA 91730
Howard Lee director 13F-2, NO. 36, LANE 48, SECTION 3, NAN-JING EAST ROAD, TAIPEI, TAIWAN F4 00000
Jack Y. Zhang director, 10 percent owner, officer: CEO & Chief Scientific Officer 11570 6TH STREET, RANCHO CUCAMONGA CA 91730
David Maris director C/O AMPHASTAR PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 11570 6TH STREET, RANCHO CUCAMONGA CA 91730
Richard Koo director 11570 6TH STREET, RANCHO CUCAMONGA CA 91730
Jason B. Shandell director, officer: President 11570 6TH STREET, RANCHO CUCAMONGA CA 91730
Applied Physics & Chemistry Laboratories, Inc. 10 percent owner 13760 MAGNOLIA AVENUE, CHINO CA 91710