sider the following annual returns of Estee Lauder and Lowe’s Companies:     Estee Lauder Lowe’s Companies Year 1   23.4 %   −6.0 % Year 2   −26.0     16.1   Year 3   17.6     4.2   Year 4   49.9     48.0   Year 5   −16.8     −19.0

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Consider the following annual returns of Estee Lauder and Lowe’s Companies:
 

  Estee
Lauder
Lowe’s Companies
Year 1   23.4 %   −6.0 %
Year 2   −26.0     16.1  
Year 3   17.6     4.2  
Year 4   49.9     48.0  
Year 5   −16.8     −19.0  
 


Compute each stock’s average return, standard deviation, and coefficient of variation. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

                                               ESTEE LAUDER.                     LOWES COMPANY

 

Average return.                                                 %.                                                    %       

Standard deviation                                               %                                                  %

Coefficient of variation                                                                                             

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