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Cathay Financial Holding Co (TPE:2882) Volatility : 12.87% (As of Apr. 30, 2024)


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What is Cathay Financial Holding Co 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 (2024-04-30), Cathay Financial Holding Co's Volatility is 12.87%.


Competitive Comparison of Cathay Financial Holding Co's Volatility

For the Insurance - Life subindustry, Cathay Financial Holding Co'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.


Cathay Financial Holding Co's Volatility Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Cathay Financial Holding Co's Volatility distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Cathay Financial Holding Co's Volatility falls into.



Cathay Financial Holding Co  (TPE:2882) 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.


Cathay Financial Holding Co  (TPE:2882) 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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Cathay Financial Holding Co (TPE:2882) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
No. 296, Section 4, Renai Road, Da'an District, Taipei, TWN, 106
Cathay Financial Holding Co Ltd is a financial holding company that primarily serves the Taiwan market. The scope of its business is limited by the operation of law to the investment and management of financial services enterprises. The company is a hub for financial services primarily in insurance and banking, and secondarily in asset management. Cathay Financial Holding emphasizes cross-selling and information technology integration in its business model. most of its insurance business, which constitutes approximately half of the company's revenue mix, is related to life insurance. Its banking business, which makes up nearly the other half of its business, is mostly related to consumer and corporate banking.

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