Asset Comparison and Correlation

Considering 30-days investment horizon, Forest is expected to generate 4.13 times less return on investment than Sonus. But when comparing it to its historical volatility, Forest Laboratories Inc is 3.71 times less risky than Sonus. It trades about 0.25 of its potential returns per unit of risk. Sonus Networks Inc is currently generating about 0.28 of returns per unit of risk over similar time horizon. If you would invest  204.00  in Sonus Networks Inc on April 21, 2013 and sell it today you would earn a total of  49.00  from holding Sonus Networks Inc or generate 24.02% return on investment over 30 days.