[THE INVESTOR] On Oct. 6, Ecopro (086520) declined 3.58% to 13,450 won (US$ 12.09). It had declined 8.16% through the past month. Standard deviation, which indicates volatility of stock, records 3.3% over the same period over one month.

Compared with its close competitors within the same industry, KOSDAQ, as the monthly volatility of Ecopro remained at the highest level, the investment return for 1 month was negative. Over the recent month, the return-on-risk, the return on investment with consideration about risk, was -2.4%. As increasing of volatility and decline of stock price, the return-on-risk was poor. Moreover, compared with the KOSDAQ industry, the return-on-risk is below the industrial mean, 2.7, and thus it is hard to say that the industrial comparison performance was positive.

Comparing industry to the market, the KOSDAQ industry including Ecopro records lower volatility but a higher earning rate than IT Components. In other words, the industry had been safer with high returns.

From Oct. 04, foreigners have been continuously buying Ecopro during the past 2 trading days. As a shareholding sum by investor group for the past 4 weeks, Foreigners have bought 201,833 shares and individuals have bought 71,268 shares lessening its position. However, during the same period, institutions have sold 273,101 shares with dominant selling.

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.