Abstract:
The current research paper studied the Risk and Return of investment in stocks of Pakistani
petroleum companies. Study is based on historical data of five year sample. The research
measured the mean returns, standard deviation and coefficient of variation to analyse the
volatility in stocks. In the research it was found that all the selected companies are
performing normally except Shell Pakistan Limited. Shell has high stock volatility and has
high level of risk and least return on stocks. While OGDCL was found the outperforming
company, it has high return as compared to other companies and it is less risky.
