[STOCK WATCH] i-SENS edges up after 5-day decline

[THE INVESTOR]

On Sept. 13 i-SENS (099190)edged up 0.16% to 31,100 won (US$27.79). It had declined 18.77% through the past month. Standard deviation, which indicates volatility of stock, records 1.6% on the same period over one month.

Compared with its close competitors within the same industry, KOSDAQ, even though the monthly volatility of i-SENS was the lowest, the earnings rate over one month was also the lowest with a decline of stock price. Over the recent month, the return-on-risk, the return on investment with consideration about risk, was -11.7%. Though the volatility was the lowest among its peer group, the return-on-risk was the lowest as tumbling of stock price. Moreover, compared with the KOSDAQ industry, the return-on-risk is below the industrial mean, -8.2, and thus the industrial comparison performance was not so good.

The joint selling by institutions and foreigners is noticed. As of Sept. 12, institutions have been selling for the past 10 trading days and foreigners have been selling for the past seven trading days. As a shareholding sum by investor group for the past four weeks, foreigners have sold 107,921 shares with maintenance of a selling position and institutions have sold 152,573 shares with a selling trend. However, during the same period, individuals have bought 260,494 shares with an increasing position.