On a scale of 0 to 100 VCA Antech holds performance score of 9. The company owns Beta (Systematic Risk) of 0.82 which indicates as returns on market increase, VCA Antech returns are expected to increase less than the market. However during bear market, the loss on holding VCA Antech will be expected to be smaller as well. Although it is vital to follow to
VCA Antech Inc existing
price patterns, it is good to be conservative about what you can actually do with the information about equity
price patterns. The way of measuring future performance of any stock is to evaluate the business as a whole together with its past performance including all available fundamental and
technical indicators. By evaluating
VCA Antech Inc technical indicators you can today evaluate if the expected return of 0.25% will be sustainable into the future. Please operates VCA Antech Inc
Value At Risk, and the
relationship between
Jensen Alpha and
Skewness to make a quick decision on weather VCA Antech Inc current price history will revert.
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Relative Risk vs. Return Landscape
If you would invest
2,479 in VCA Antech Inc on
May 20, 2013 and sell it today you would
earn a total of 140.00 from holding VCA Antech Inc or generate
5.65% return on investment over
30 days. VCA Antech Inc is currenly generating 0.25% of daily expected returns and assumes 1.37% risk (volatility on return distribution) over the 30 days horizon. In different words, 17% of equities are less volatile than VCA Antech Inc and 90% of traded equity instruments are projected to make higher returns than the company over the 30 days investment horizon.
Daily Expected Return (%)
Given investment horizon of 30 days, VCA Antech Inc is expected to generate 1.63 times more return on investment than the market. However, the company is 1.63 times more volatile than its market benchmark. It trades about 0.18 of its potential returns per unit of risk. The S&P 500 is currently generating roughly -0.05 per unit of risk.
VCA Antech Operating Margin
Based on recorded statements VCA Antech Inc has Operating Margin of 12.76%. This is 338.06% lower than that of Services sector, and 219.8% higher than that of
Personal Services industry, The Operating Margin for all stocks is 437.57% 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.
VCA Antech Return On Equity vs Return On Asset
VCA Antech Inc is rated
below average in return on equity category among related companies. It is rated
fifth in return on asset category among related companies reporting about
1.68 of Return On Asset per Return On Equity.