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Fidus Investment (Fidus Investment) Mohanram G-Score : 1 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Fidus Investment Mohanram G-Score?

Mohanram G-Score is a financial indicator developed by professor Partha Mohanram to help investors find the best investment opportunities in the growth stocks. Companies have higher G-score tends to generate higher return. According to his study, the best growth stocks that have a G-Score greater than 6 tend to beat the market, while those with a G-Score lower than 1 tend to have negative absolute returns.

Thus, the zones of discrimination were as such:

Good or high score = 6, 7, 8
Bad or low score = 0, 1

Fidus Investment has an G-score of 1. It is a bad or low score, which tends to have negative absolute returns.

The historical rank and industry rank for Fidus Investment's Mohanram G-Score or its related term are showing as below:

FDUS' s Mohanram G-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1   Med: 1   Max: 3
Current: 1

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski G-score of Fidus Investment was 3. The lowest was 1. And the median was 1.


Fidus Investment Mohanram G-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Fidus Investment's Mohanram G-Score can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Fidus Investment Mohanram G-Score Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Fidus Investment's Mohanram G-Score

For the Asset Management subindustry, Fidus Investment's Mohanram G-Score, along with its competitors' market caps and Mohanram G-Score data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Fidus Investment's Mohanram G-Score Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Fidus Investment's Mohanram G-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Fidus Investment's Mohanram G-Score falls into.



Fidus Investment Mohanram G-Score Calculation

The calculation of the Mohanram G-score consists of eight criteria. Assign one point for each criterion met, then add up all the points to get the G-Score.

Profitability

Question 1. Return on Assets (ROA)

ROA % is calculated as Net Income divided by its average Total Assets over a certain period of time. It measures how well a company uses its asset to generate earnings.

Score 1 if ROA > ROA Industry Median, 0 otherwise.

Question 2. Cash ROA

Cash ROA equals to Cash Flow from Operations divided by average Total Assets. It measures how well a company uses its asset to generate cash.

Score 1 if Cash ROA > Cash ROA Industry Median, 0 otherwise.

Question 3. CFO and Net Income

Score 1 if CFO > Net Income, 0 otherwise.

Earnings Predictability

Question 4. Earnings Variability

Earnings Variability is measured as the variance of a firm's ROA in the past five years.

Score 1 if Earnings Variability < Earnings Variability Industry Median, 0 otherwise.

Question 5. Sales Growth Variability

Sales Growth Variability is measured as the 5-year variance in sales growth.

Score 1 if Sales Growth Variability < Sales Growth Variability Industry Median, 0 otherwise.

Accounting Conservatism

Question 6. Research & Development Intensity

Research & Development Intensity is calcualted by Research & Development divided by the beginning Total Assets.

Score 1 if Research & Development Intensity > Research & Development Intensity Industry Median, 0 otherwise.

Question 7. CAPEX Intensity

CAPEX Intensity is calcualted by Capital Expenditure divided by the beginning Total Assets.

Score 1 if CAPEX Intensity > CAPEX Intensity Industry Median, 0 otherwise.

Question 8. Advertising Expenditure Intensity

Advertising Expenditure Intensity is calcualted by Advertising Expenditure divided by the beginning Total Assets. Note that Advertising Expenditure is not reported as a seperate line item for many companies, thus Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is used in this calculation.

Score 1 if Advertising Expenditure Intensity > Advertising Expenditure Intensity Industry Median, 0 otherwise.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

* Note that all the Industry Median used for comparison in his original research, are substituted with Sector Median due to the limitation of data within certain countries.

Good or high score = 6, 7, 8
Bad or low score = 0, 1

Fidus Investment has an G-score of 1. It is a bad or low score, which tends to have negative absolute returns.

Fidus Investment  (NAS:FDUS) Mohanram G-Score Explanation

Partha Mohanram is the John H. Watson Chair in Value Investing at Rotman and the Acting Vice-Dean of Research Strategy and Resources.

In 2000, he wrote a research paper called "Separating Winners from Losers Among Low Book-to-Market Stocks Using Financial Statement Analysis".

This paper tests whether a strategy based on financial statement analysis of low book-to-market (growth) stocks is successful in differentiating between winners and losers in terms of future stock performance. Based on the research, a strategy based on buying high G-score (6, 7 or 8) firms and shorting low G-score (0 or 1) firms consistently earns significant excess returns. Further, the results do not support a risk based explanation for the book-to-market effect as the strategy returns positive returns in all years, and firms that ex-ante appear less risky have better future returns.

To conclude, one can use a modified fundamental analysis strategy (G-score) to identify mispricing and earn substantial abnormal returns.


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Fidus Investment (Fidus Investment) Business Description

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Address
1603 Orrington Avenue, Suite 1005, Evanston, IL, USA, 60201
Fidus Investment Corp is an externally managed, closed-end, non-diversified management investment company that has elected to be treated as a business development company. The company provides customized debt and equity financing solutions to lower middle-market companies, which management generally defines as U.S. based companies with revenues between $10 million and $150 million. The company invests in companies that possess some or all of the following attributes: predictable revenues; positive cash flows; defensible market positions; diversified customer and supplier bases; and management teams with operating discipline.
Executives
Charles D Hyman director 224 PONTE VEDRA PARK DRIVE, SUITE 200, PONTE VEDRA BEACH FL 32082
Edward H Ross director, officer: See Remarks
Shelby E Sherard officer: See Remarks 2215 SANDERS ROAD, SUITE 400, NORTHBROOK IL 60062
Edward X. Tune director C/O FIDUS INVESTMENT CORPORATION, 1603 ORRINGTON AVENUE, SUITE 1005, EVANSTON IL 60201
Anstiss Raymond L. Jr. director 1603 ORRINGTON AVENUE, SUITE 820, EVANSTON IL 60201
Thomas Charles Lauer director, officer: President 1919 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, NW, SUITE 300, WASHINGTON DC 20006
Cary L Schaefer officer: See Remarks 1603 ORRINGTON AVE, STE 820, EVANSTON IL 60201
John A. Mazzarino director 1603 ORRINGTON AVENUE, SUITE 820, EVANSTON IL 60201
Pinebridge Secondary Partners Ii Holdings, L.p. 10 percent owner 399 PARK AVENUE, 4TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Pinebridge Secondary Partners Ii Gp, L.p. 10 percent owner 399 PARK AVENUE, 4TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Charles G Phillips director
Wayne F Robinson director 1603 ORRINGTON AVENUE, SUITE 820, EVANSTON IL 60201