[STOCK WATCH] Hanwha Life Insurance drops for second day

[THE INVESTOR]

On Sept. 13 Hanwha Life Insurance (08835) declined 1.9% to 5,670 won (US$5.06). It had declined 3.25% through the past month. Standard deviation, which indicates variableness, records 1.3% over the same period of time over one month.

Compared with its close competitors within the same industry, KOSPI, the monthly volatility of Hanwha Life Insurance was at a low level, the earnings rate over one month was also the lowest with decline of stock price. Over the recent month, the return-on-risk, the return on investment with consideration about risk, was -2.4%. By tumbling of stock price, the return-on-risk is the lowest among its peer group in spite of low volatility. However, the return-on-risk is much better than the industrial mean, -4.0, and thus the industrial comparison performance was good.

On Sept. 12, institutions bought 180,728 shares, while foreigners sold 52,692 shares. As a shareholding sum by investor group for the past four weeks, foreigners have sold 94,206 shares and institutions have sold 455,000 shares with a selling trend. However, during the same period, individuals have bought 549,206 shares lessening its position.