[THE INVESTOR] As of May 8 12:25 P.M., SK Chemical slightly edged up 0.96% to 63,100 won. It had declined 4.83% through the past month. Standard deviation, the volatility index for stock price, was 1.8% on the same period of time over one month.

Compared with its close competitors within the same industry, KOSPI, since the monthly volatility of SK Chemical was at a low level, the earnings rate over one month was also relatively lower than that of its peer group. Over the recent month, the Return On Risk, the return on investment with consideration about risk, was -2.6%. As bearish stock price trend, the Return On Risk was poor, compared with its peer group. Moreover, compared with the KOSPI industry, the Return On Risk is below the industrial mean, 8.6, and thus it is hard to say that the industrial comparison performance was positive.

Comparing industry to the market, the KOSPI industry including SK Chemical records lower volatility but a higher earning rate than Chemicals. In other words, the industry had been safer with high returns.

By HeRo (hero@heraldcorp.com)
This article is produced by the algorithm developed by the artificial intelligence developer ThinkPool in collaboration with Herald Corp.