Finding Volatile Stocks using Herfindahl-Hirschman Concentration

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Vikram Srimurthy

Informa Financial Intelligence, EPFR

Sayad Baronyan

Informa Financial Intelligence, EPFR

Cameron Brandt

Informa Financial Intelligence, EPFR

Steven Shen

Informa Financial Intelligence, EPFR

Date Written: May 1, 2019

Abstract

This paper computes Herfindahl-Hirschman ownership dispersion from EPFR holdings data and documents that stocks scoring poorly on this measure tend to be more volatile than, and underperform, stocks scoring well.

Keywords: Ownership, Stock Allocation

Suggested Citation

Srimurthy, Vikram and Baronyan, Sayad and Brandt, Cameron and Shen, Steven, Finding Volatile Stocks using Herfindahl-Hirschman Concentration (May 1, 2019). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3806037 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3806037

Vikram Srimurthy

Informa Financial Intelligence, EPFR

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Sayad Baronyan (Contact Author)

Informa Financial Intelligence, EPFR ( email )

5 Howick Place
Westminster
London, SW1P 1WG
United Kingdom

Cameron Brandt

Informa Financial Intelligence, EPFR

5 Howick Place
Westminster
London, SW1P 1WG
United Kingdom

Steven Shen

Informa Financial Intelligence, EPFR ( email )

United Kingdom

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