[THE INVESTOR] On Sept. 28, Lotte Chemical (011170) increased 1.04% to 291,500 won (US$265.80). It had increased 4.63% through the past month. Standard deviation, the volatility index for stock price, was 2.1% on the same period of time over one month.

Compared with its close competitors within the same industry, KOSPI, even though the monthly volatility was the highest, the earning rate over one month was comparatively low. Over the recent month, the return-on-risk, the return on investment with consideration about risk, was 2.2. The return-on-risk was low which was caused by its highest volatility among its peer group. However, the return-on-risk is much better than the industrial mean, 1.3, and thus the industrial comparison performance was positive.

From Sept. 21, institutions have been continuously buying Lotte Chemical during the past five trading days. As a shareholding sum by investor group for the past four weeks, institutions have bought 89,946 shares as they turn toward a buying stance. However, during the same period, foreigners have sold 22,986 shares and individuals have sold 66,960 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.