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Dubai Insurance Co PSC (DFM:DIN) Volatility : 9.40% (As of May. 28, 2024)


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What is Dubai Insurance Co PSC 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 (2024-05-28), Dubai Insurance Co PSC's Volatility is 9.40%.


Competitive Comparison of Dubai Insurance Co PSC's Volatility

For the Insurance - Diversified subindustry, Dubai Insurance Co PSC'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.


Dubai Insurance Co PSC's Volatility Distribution in the Insurance Industry

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

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Dubai Insurance Co PSC  (DFM:DIN) 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.


Dubai Insurance Co PSC  (DFM:DIN) 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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Dubai Insurance Co PSC (DFM:DIN) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
Al Riqqa Road, Deira, P.O. Box 3027, Dubai, ARE
Dubai Insurance Co PSC is an insurance company. It issues short-term insurance contracts in connection with general insurance including motor, marine, fire, engineering, accident; and life insurance includes group life and individual life. It operates in three segments, Medical and life insurance segment offers short-term group life insurance and medical. The Non-life insurance segment comprises general and health insurance. Products offered under general insurance include motor, marine, fire, engineering, general accident, and medical. Non-life health contracts provide medical cover. The investment segment includes investment in equity, fixed income securities such as bonds and fixed deposits.