Should you trade FLIR Systems after the latest volatility fall?

It seems FLIR Systems will continue to recover much faster as its share price surged up 19.19% today. The company's current daily volatility is 3.38 percent, with a beta of 0.28 and an alpha of 0.3 over DOW. Whilst many millenniums are getting more into robots and drones, it makes sense to sum up FLIR Systems. We will evaluate why we are still optimistic in anticipation of a recovery.
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Reviewed by Raphi Shpitalnik

FLIR Systems currently holds roughly 320.72 M in cash with 289.74 M of positive cash flow from operations. This results in cash-per-share (CPS) ratio of 2.45. On a scale of 0 to 100, FLIR Systems holds a performance score of 13. The firm shows a Beta (market volatility) of 0.2798, which means not very significant fluctuations relative to the market. Let's try to break down what FLIR Systems's beta means in this case. As returns on the market increase, FLIR Systems returns are expected to increase less than the market. However, during the bear market, the loss on holding FLIR Systems will be expected to be smaller as well. Although it is vital to follow FLIR Systems historical returns, it is good to be conservative about what you can do with the information regarding equity current trending patterns. The approach to predicting 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. We have found twenty-seven technical indicators for FLIR Systems, which you can use to evaluate the performance of the firm. Please utilizes FLIR Systems potential upside, and the relationship between the total risk alpha and kurtosis to make a quick decision on whether FLIR Systems price patterns will revert.

How important is FLIR Systems's Liquidity

FLIR Systems financial leverage refers to using borrowed capital as a funding source to finance FLIR Systems ongoing operations. It is usually used to expand the firm's asset base and generate returns on borrowed capital. FLIR Systems financial leverage is typically calculated by taking the company's all interest-bearing debt and dividing it by total capital. So the higher the debt-to-capital ratio (i.e., financial leverage), the riskier the company. Financial leverage can amplify the potential profits to FLIR Systems' owners, but it also increases the potential losses and risk of financial distress, including bankruptcy, if the firm cannot cover its debt costs. The degree of FLIR Systems' financial leverage can be measured in several ways, including by ratios such as the debt-to-equity ratio (total debt / total equity), equity multiplier (total assets / total equity), or the debt ratio (total debt / total assets). Please check the breakdown between FLIR Systems's total debt and its cash.

FLIR Systems Correlation with Peers

Investors in FLIR can reduce exposure to individual asset risk by holding a diversified portfolio of assets in addition to a long position in FLIR Systems. Diversification will allow for the same portfolio return with reduced risk. The correlation table of FLIR Systems and its peers is a two-dimensional matrix that shows the correlation coefficient between pairs of securities FLIR is related in some way. The cells in the table are color-coded to highlight significantly positive and negative relationships. Each cell shows the correlation between one pair of equities and can be used to run pair trading strategies or create efficient portfolios with your current brokerage. Please check volatility of FLIR for more details

Breaking down the case for FLIR Systems

FLIR Systems appears to be very steady, given 1 month investment horizon. FLIR Systems secures Sharpe Ratio (or Efficiency) of 0.19, which denotes the company had 0.19% of return per unit of return volatility over the last month. Our approach to predicting the volatility of a stock is to use all available market data together with stock specific technical indicators that cannot be diversified away. By examining FLIR Systems technical indicators you can today evaluate if the expected return of 0.63% is justified by implied risk. Please utilize FLIR Systems mean deviation of 1.78, and Downside Deviation of 2.13 to check if our risk estimates are consistent with your expectations.
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Can FLIR Systems build up on the latest spike?

FLIR Systems latest risk adjusted performance advances over 0.16. FLIR Systems currently demonstrates below-verage downside deviation. It has Information Ratio of 0.09 and Jensen Alpha of 0.3. However, we do advice investors to further question FLIR Systems expected returns to ensure all indicators are consistent with the current outlook about its relatively low value at risk.

Our Final Take On FLIR Systems

While other companies within the scientific & technical instruments industry are still a little expensive, even after the recent corrections, FLIR Systems may offer a potential longer-term growth to retail investors. While some retail investors may not share our view, we believe that right now is not a good time to increase your holdings in FLIR Systems. Please use our equity advice module to run different scenarios to ensure your current risk level and investment horizon are fully reflective of your current investing preferences in regards to FLIR Systems.

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