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Europris ASA (OSL:EPR) Volatility : 27.39% (As of May. 07, 2024)


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What is Europris ASA 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 (2024-05-07), Europris ASA's Volatility is 27.39%.


Competitive Comparison of Europris ASA's Volatility

For the Discount Stores subindustry, Europris ASA'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.


Europris ASA's Volatility Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Europris ASA's Volatility distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Europris ASA's Volatility falls into.



Europris ASA  (OSL:EPR) 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.


Europris ASA  (OSL:EPR) 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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Europris ASA (OSL:EPR) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Dikeveien 57, P O Box 1421, Rolvsoy, NOR, NO-1661
Europris ASA is a Norwegian discount store company. The company has a singular business segment operating as a discount store chain that sells private-label and branded merchandise. The Europris group as a whole is defined and identified as one operating segment. Europris ASA sells a variety of items in product categories including home and kitchen, groceries, house and garden, clothes and shoes, candy and chocolate, personal care, electronics, laundry, pet, and hobby and office products. Additionally, it sells travel, leisure, and sports-related goods. The firm owns a portion of Runsvengruppen AB, which owns Swedish discount store chain OoB. The company generates the vast majority of its revenue in Norway.