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Platinum Capital (ASX:PMC) Volatility : 9.47% (As of May. 26, 2024)


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What is Platinum Capital 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 (2024-05-26), Platinum Capital's Volatility is 9.47%.


Competitive Comparison of Platinum Capital's Volatility

For the Asset Management subindustry, Platinum Capital'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.


Platinum Capital's Volatility Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Platinum Capital's Volatility distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Platinum Capital's Volatility falls into.



Platinum Capital  (ASX:PMC) 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.


Platinum Capital  (ASX:PMC) 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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Platinum Capital (ASX:PMC) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
Level 8, 7 Macquarie Place, Sydney, NSW, AUS, 2000
Platinum Capital Ltd is an Australian close-ended investment company with its investment objectives to deliver attractive returns to shareholders over time, made up of capital growth and fully-franked dividends, and contain capital losses by mitigating the impact of market downturns. It focuses on investing in securities of a company, of which business and growth are undervalued. The investment manager of the company adopts a bottom-up stock selection methodology through which long-term capital growth is sought by investing in undervalued securities, cash and actively managed currency as well as it seeks to earn absolute returns. Its portfolio includes equities and derivatives, forward currency contracts and overseas bank accounts.

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