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Relatively High Volatility Detected in Shares of Koppers Holdings in the Commodity Chemicals Industry (KOP, CE, SEH, AMPL, GGC)

Written on Fri, 07/23/2010 - 5:22am
By Chip Brian

Below are the top five companies in the Commodity Chemicals industry as measured by beta. Higher-beta stocks mean greater volatility and are therefore generally considered to be riskier but also may provide the potential for higher returns.
Koppers Holdings (NYSE:KOP) ranks first with a beta of 2; Celanese (NYSE:CE) ranks second with a beta of 1.7; and Spartech (NYSE:SEH) ranks third with a beta of 1.6.
Ampal American Israel (NASDAQ:AMPL) follows with a beta of 1.5 and Georgia Gulf (NYSE:GGC) rounds out the top five with a beta of 1.4.
SmarTrend is bearish on shares of GGC and our subscribers were alerted to Sell on May 06, 2010 at $16.48. The stock has fallen 21.7% since the alert was issued.

Keywords: koppers holdings highest beta

Ticker(s): KOP CE SEH AMPL GGC

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