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Oncolytics Biotech (Oncolytics Biotech) Volatility : 76.33% (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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What is Oncolytics Biotech 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), Oncolytics Biotech's Volatility is 76.33%.


Competitive Comparison of Oncolytics Biotech's Volatility

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Oncolytics Biotech'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.


Oncolytics Biotech's Volatility Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Oncolytics Biotech's Volatility distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Oncolytics Biotech's Volatility falls into.



Oncolytics Biotech  (NAS:ONCY) 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.


Oncolytics Biotech  (NAS:ONCY) 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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Oncolytics Biotech (Oncolytics Biotech) Business Description

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322 11th Avenue S.W, Suite 804, Calgary, AB, CAN, T2R 0C5
Oncolytics Biotech Inc is a development-stage biopharmaceutical company. The company is focused on the discovery and development of pharmaceutical products for the treatment of cancers that have not been treated with therapeutics. Its clinical development plan has the approval of its products as quickly as possible and expands its products into commercially valuable new treatment areas as objectives. The primary focus is to advance programs in hormone receptor-positive / human epidermal growth factor 2- negative (HR+/HER2-) metastatic breast cancer and advanced/metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma to phase 3 licensure-enabling studies.

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