Cognizant Technology Mean Deviation vs. Downside Deviation

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Cognizant Technology Solutions has current Mean Deviation of 0.9174. The mean deviation of the equity instrument is the first measure of the distances between each value of security historical prices and the mean. It gives us an idea of how spread out from the center the distribution of returns.

Mean Deviation

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SUM(RET DEV)

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0.9174
SUM = Summation notation
RET DEV = Sum of return deviations of Cognizant Technology
N = Number of calculation points for selected time horizon

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Cognizant Mean Deviation Relative To Other Indicators

Cognizant Technology Solutions is rated fifth in mean deviation category among its peers. It is currently under evaluation in downside deviation category among its peers creating about  1.42  of Downside Deviation per Mean Deviation. The ratio of Downside Deviation to Mean Deviation for Cognizant Technology Solutions is roughly  1.42 
Mean Deviation is the average of the absolute values of the differences between price distribution numbers and their mean. Mean deviation of equity instrument with a lot of historical data is a biased estimator because the time horizon used in calculation will always be much smaller than the entire price history of the equity. The mean deviation is typically used as a measure of dispersion for small investment horizon, otherwise standard deviation is a better measure of dispersion.
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