Use Albemarle Corporation performance with your portfolios to protect against small markets fluctuations as well as to determine Stock diversification method that is right for you.
If you would invest 6,513 in Albemarle Corporation on April 25, 2012 and sell it today you would lose (503) from holding Albemarle Corporation or give up 7.72% of portfolio value over 30 days. Albemarle Corporation is generating negative expected returns assuming volatility of 2.08% on return distribution over 30 days investment horizon. In other words, 35% of equities are less volatile than the company and above 99% of equities are expected to generate higher returns over the next 30 days.
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Risk [Daily Volatility] (%)
Considering 30-days investment horizon, Albemarle Corporation is expected to under-perform the market. In addition to that, the company is 2.74 times more volatile than its market benchmark. It trades about -0.15 of its total potential returns per unit of risk. The NYSE is currently generating roughly -0.39 per unit of volatility.
Albemarle Operating Margin
Based on recorded statements Albemarle Corporation has Operating Margin of 20.3%. This is 233.38% lower than that of Basic Materials sector, and 283.88% lower than that of Specialty Chemicals industry, The Operating Margin for all stocks is 495.71% lower than the firm.
A good Operating Margin is required for a company to be able to pay for its fixed costs or pay out its debt which implies that the higher the margin, the better. This ratio is most effective in evaluating the earning potential of a company over time when comparing it against firm's competitors.
Over the last 30 days Albemarle Corporation has generated negative risk-adjusted returns adding no value to investors with long positions.
1 Month Effecincy (a.k Sharpe Ratio) ...
-0.15
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Estimated Market Risk
2.08
actual daily
65 %
of total potential
Expected Return
-0.32
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1 %
of total potential
Risk-Adjusted Return
-0.15
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1 %
of total potential
Based on monthly moving average Albemarle is performing at about 0% of its full potential. If added to a well diversified portfolio the total return can be enhanced and market risk can be reduced. You can increase risk-adjusted return of Albemarle by adding it to a well-diversified portfolio.
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