[THE INVESTOR] On Sept. 28, SK Materials (036490) declined 0.38% to 156,300 won (US$142.52). It had increased 5.92% through the past month. Standard deviation, which indicates volatility of stock, records 2.4% on the same period over one month.

Compared with its close competitors within the same industry, KOSDAQ, the monthly earnings rate of SK Materials was considerably higher than that of its peer group, while its volatility within one month was at a proper rate. Over the recent month, the return-on-risk, the return on investment with consideration about risk, was 2.4. Though the volatility did not differ from the median, the high return lead the return-on-risk to a fair value. Moreover, compared with the KOSDAQ industry, the return-on-risk is much better than the industrial mean, 1.0, and thus the industrial comparison performance was positive.

While institutions have been buying SK Materials during the past eight trading days, foreigners have been selling during the past eight trading days. As a shareholding sum by investor group for the past four weeks, institutions have bought 47,895 shares as they turn toward a buying stance. However, during the same period, foreigners have sold 30,686 shares and individuals have sold 17,209 shares as they turn toward a selling stance.

Cumulated shareholdings per investor group (1Mo) Total shareholdings per investor group

By HeRo (hero@heraldcorp.com)

This article is produced by the algorithm developed by the artificial intelligence developer ThinkPool in collaboration with Herald Corp.