Use Elan Corporation plc performance together with your portfolio to enhance returns of your portfolios and to determine Stock optimization strategy that fits your criteria.
If you would invest 1,390 in Elan Corporation plc on April 26, 2012 and sell it today you would earn a total of 40.00 from holding Elan Corporation plc or generate 2.88% return on investment over 30 days. Elan Corporation plc is generating 0.19% of daily returns assuming volatility of 3.09% on return distribution over 30 days investment horizon. In other words, 52% of equities are less volatile than the company and above 87% of equities are expected to generate higher returns over the next 30 days.
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Considering 30-days investment horizon, Elan Corporation plc is expected to generate 4.23 times more return on investment than the market. However, the company is 4.23 times more volatile than its market benchmark. It trades about 0.06 of its potential returns per unit of risk. The NYSE is currently generating roughly -0.47 per unit of risk.
Elan Operating Margin
Based on recorded statements Elan Corporation plc has Operating Margin of 11.56%. This is 142.05% lower than that of Healthcare sector, and 121.28% lower than that of Drug Delivery industry, The Operating Margin for all stocks is 325.34% 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.
98% of all equities and portfolios perform better than Elan Corporation plc. Compared with the overall equity markets, risk-adjusted returns on investments in Elan Corporation plc are ranked lower than 2 (%) of all global equities and portfolios over the last 30 days.
1 Month Effecincy (a.k Sharpe Ratio) ...
0.06
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Estimated Market Risk
3.09
actual daily
48 %
of total potential
Expected Return
0.19
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13 %
of total potential
Risk-Adjusted Return
0.06
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2 %
of total potential
Based on monthly moving average Elan is performing at about 2% 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 Elan by adding it to a well-diversified portfolio.
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