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Industries are considered to be a major sector in developing economies. The fastest growing sectors havewitnessed with high competition and sustainability management, due to this industry has to look over several factors toachieve greater market share. The risk and return analysis linked with any industry reveals the intricacies involved withthe articular industry. A close watch on these values throws light on a clear understanding and facilitates in decisionmaking about the investment in securities. While making the decisions regarding investment and financing, one seeks toachieve the right balance between risk and return, in order to optimize the value of the firm. Risk and return go togetherin investments. Everything an investor (be it the firm or the investor in the firm) does is tied directly or indirectly toreturn and risk. The objective of any investor is to maximize expected returns from his investments, subject to variousconstraints, primary risk. Return is the motivating force, inspiring the investor in the form of rewards, for undertakingthe investment. The importance of returns in any investment decision can be traced to the factors: it enables investors tocompare alternative investments in terms of what they have to offer the investor, it helps in measuring of historicalreturns which enables the investors to assess how well they have done, it facilitates in measuring of the historical returnsalso helps in estimation of future returns.

Mr.Premchand Kaila, Dr. E. Lokanadha Reddy, Dr.C.Rajanikanth, “EQUITY ANALYSIS:CALCULATING MEAN RETURN AND STANDARD DEVIATION OF VARIOUS SELECTED COMPANIES FROM DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES AND CORRELATING INDIVIDUAL RETURN WITH INDEX RETURN.”, International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development (IJAERD), Vol. 4, Issue 4, pp. 633-640, April 2017.