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Lake House Printers & Publishers (COL:LPRT.N0000) Volatility : 68.69% (As of May. 24, 2024)


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What is Lake House Printers & Publishers 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 (2024-05-24), Lake House Printers & Publishers's Volatility is 68.69%.


Competitive Comparison of Lake House Printers & Publishers's Volatility

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, Lake House Printers & Publishers'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.


Lake House Printers & Publishers's Volatility Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Lake House Printers & Publishers's Volatility distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Lake House Printers & Publishers's Volatility falls into.



Lake House Printers & Publishers  (COL:LPRT.N0000) 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.


Lake House Printers & Publishers  (COL:LPRT.N0000) 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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Lake House Printers & Publishers (COL:LPRT.N0000) Business Description

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Address
Number 41, W.A.D. Ramanayake Mawatha, Colombo, LKA, 02
Lake House Printers & Publishers PLC is a Sri Lanka-based company engaged in the activities of the printing of cheque leaves and security documents. It is also in the business of manufacturing and marketing plastic security cards and the supply of related equipment and machinery and, publishing and distributing the Lake House Atlas. The operating segments of the company are the Security printing division, Security card division, Atlas, and LH Plantation. It derives maximum revenue from the Security card division segment.

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