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Flour Mills Nigeria (NSA:FMNL) Volatility : 54.01% (As of May. 12, 2024)


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What is Flour Mills Nigeria 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 (2024-05-12), Flour Mills Nigeria's Volatility is 54.01%.


Competitive Comparison of Flour Mills Nigeria's Volatility

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Flour Mills Nigeria'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.


Flour Mills Nigeria's Volatility Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Flour Mills Nigeria's Volatility distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Flour Mills Nigeria's Volatility falls into.



Flour Mills Nigeria  (NSA:FMNL) 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.


Flour Mills Nigeria  (NSA:FMNL) 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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Flour Mills Nigeria (NSA:FMNL) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
Wharf Road, 1, Golden Penny Place, Apapa, Lagos, NGA
Flour Mills Nigeria PLC is an investment holding company. The company's operating segment includes Food; Agro Allied; Sugar and Support Services. It generates maximum revenue from the Food segment which includes milling and sales of flour and production and sales of pasta, snacks, and noodles. Its Agro-Allied segment includes farming of maize, cassava, soya, sugar cane and oil palm and production and sales of fertilizer, edible oils and livestock feeds. The Sugar segment includes the cultivation and processing of sugarcane, refining and selling of sugar and sale of by-products from sugar refining.

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