[STOCK WATCH] Nongshim ends week with two-day rise

[THE INVESTOR]

On Sept. 13 Nongshim (004370) increased 2.36% to 303,500 won (US$271.18). It had declined 14.97% through the past month. Standard deviation, which indicates risk, records 1.8% on the same period over one month.

Compared with its close competitors within the same industry, KOSPI, as the monthly volatility of Nongshim had relatively expanded, 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 -8.3%. As high volatility and a bearish stock price trend, the return-on-risk recorded a low value. Moreover, compared with the KOSPI industry, the return-on-risk is below the industrial mean, -3.5, and thus it is hard to say that the industrial comparison performance was positive.

From Sept. 06, Institutions have been continuously selling Nongshim during the past five trading days. As a shareholding sum by investor group for the past four weeks, foreigners have sold 131,878 shares with maintenance of a selling position and institutions have sold 531 shares with dominant selling. However, during the same period, individuals have bought 132,409 shares with an increasing position.