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.
Competitive Comparison of Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP's Volatility
For the Agricultural Inputs subindustry, Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP'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.
Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP's Volatility Distribution in the Agriculture Industry
For the Agriculture industry and Basic Materials sector, Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP's Volatility distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP's Volatility falls into.
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.
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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Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP (Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP) Business Description
Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP is a Delaware limited partnership formed in July 2011. The Company is engaged in manufacturing of nitrogen fertilizer. The Company owns and operates two fertilizer facilities: East Dubuque Facility and Pasadena Facility. The East Dubuque Facility produces ammonia, UAN, liquid and granular urea, nitric acid and food-grade carbon dioxide, or CO2, using natural gas as its primary feedstock. Some of these products are final products sold to customers, and others, including ammonia, are both final products and feedstocks for other products, such as UAN, nitric acid, liquid urea and granular urea. The Pasadena Facility ceased production of diammonium phosphate and monoammonium phosphate. Its Pasadena Facility is the producer of synthetic ammonium sulfate and the third largest producer of ammonium sulfate in North America. The Pasadena Facility's products are applied to many types of crops including soybeans, potatoes, cotton, canola, alfalfa, corn and wheat. The Company is subject to a number of federal and state laws and regulations related to safety, including the federal Occupational Safety and Health Act, or OSHA, and comparable state statutes, the purpose of which are to protect the health and safety of workers.
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