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Compania Sud Americana de Vapores (XSGO:VAPORES) Volatility : 35.87% (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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What is Compania Sud Americana de Vapores 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 (2024-04-27), Compania Sud Americana de Vapores's Volatility is 35.87%.


Competitive Comparison of Compania Sud Americana de Vapores's Volatility

For the Marine Shipping subindustry, Compania Sud Americana de Vapores'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.


Compania Sud Americana de Vapores's Volatility Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Compania Sud Americana de Vapores's Volatility distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Compania Sud Americana de Vapores's Volatility falls into.



Compania Sud Americana de Vapores  (XSGO:VAPORES) 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.


Compania Sud Americana de Vapores  (XSGO:VAPORES) 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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Compania Sud Americana de Vapores (XSGO:VAPORES) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
Hendaya 60, Floors 13 and 14, Santiago, CHL
Compania Sud Americana de Vapores SA is a Chilean shipping company that offers transportation services, such as the maritime carriage of liquid and solid bulk cargoes, refrigerated cargo, cars, and heavy equipment. It conducts its main line of business, container shipping, through its ownership interest in HLAG. directly provides other maritime transport services, primarily vehicle and liquid bulk cargo, and offers freight forwarder and logistics services through its subsidiary, Norgistics. CSAV operates its business through two segments, Container Shipping, and Other transport services.

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