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GWG Holdings (GWG Holdings) Mohanram G-Score : 1 (As of Sep. 2021)


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What is GWG Holdings 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

GWG Holdings 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 GWG Holdings's Mohanram G-Score or its related term are showing as below:

GWGHQ' s Mohanram G-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1   Med: 1   Max: 2
Current: 1

During the past 10 years, the highest Piotroski G-score of GWG Holdings was 2. The lowest was 1. And the median was 1.


GWG Holdings Mohanram G-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for GWG Holdings'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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GWG Holdings Mohanram G-Score Chart

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Competitive Comparison of GWG Holdings's Mohanram G-Score

For the Insurance - Life subindustry, GWG Holdings'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.


GWG Holdings's Mohanram G-Score Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, GWG Holdings's Mohanram G-Score distribution charts can be found below:

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



GWG Holdings 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

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

GWG Holdings  (OTCPK:GWGHQ) 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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GWG Holdings (GWG Holdings) Business Description

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Address
325 North St. Paul Street, Suite 2650, Dallas, TX, USA, 75201
GWG Holdings Inc is a financial service company engaged in life insurance and related business. Its reportable segments include Secondary Life Insurance and Investment in Beneficient. The Secondary Life Insurance segment seeks to earn non-correlated yield from a portfolio of life insurance policies. Its Investment in Beneficient segment consists of investment in the common units of the BEN LP. The company derives a majority of revenue from the Secondary Life Insurance segment.
Executives
Anthony R Horton director 12377 MERIT DRIVE, SUITE 1700, DALLAS TX 75251
Jeffrey Scott Stein director, officer: Chief Restructuring Officer 601 TRAVIS, SUITE 1400, HOUSTON TX 77002
John A. Stahl 10 percent owner 325 NORTH SAINT PAUL SUITE 4850 DALLAS TX 75201
David S Gruber director 325 N ST PAUL STREET STE 2650 DALLAS TX 75201
Daniel Phillip Fine director 325 N ST PAUL STREET STE 2650 DALLAS TX 75201
Roy W Bailey director 5956 SHERRY LANE SUITE 800 DALLAS TX 75225
Lennie Nicholson officer: General Counsel and Secretary 325 N. ST. PAUL STREET SUITE 2650 DALLAS TX 75201
Timothy L Evans officer: Chief Financial Officer 220 SOUTH SIXTH STREET SUITE 1200 MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402
Kathleen Mason director GENESCO INC., 1415 MURFREESBORO ROAD, NASHVILLE TN 37217
David Chavenson director 220 SOUTH SIXTH STREET SUITE 1200 MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402
Dennis P Lockhart director 100 GOLF ROAD, GOLF IL 60029
De Weese David H director 220 SOUTH 6TH STREET SUITE 1200 MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402
Cangany Peter T Jr director 220 SOUTH 6TH STREET, SUITE 1200, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402
Bruce William Schnitzer director 489 FIFTH AVE., 21ST FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Thomas O Hicks director 2200 ROSS AVENUE, SUITE 4600 W, DALLAS TX 75201

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