Alseres Pharmaceuticals (Alseres Pharmaceuticals) Predictability Rank

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What is Alseres Pharmaceuticals Predictability Rank?

Not Rated

Warren Buffett said many times that the companies he likes are:

1. Simple businesses that he understands
2. that have predictable and proven earnings and
3. with economic moat
4. those can be bought at a reasonable price.

It is hard to quantify "simple businesses that he (Buffett) understands", so we will focus on the other three characteristics instead. In GuruFocus Research: What worked in the market from 1998-2008? Part I: Introduction of Predictability Rank, we will show that the businesses that have predictable and proven earnings are usually also simple businesses that an average person could understand.

GuruFocus conducted a back test study of Warren Buffett's strategy of "buying good companies at fair prices" for the years from 1998-2008.

Alseres Pharmaceuticals Predictability Rank Calculation

In our database there are 2403 stocks that have been traded from Jan. 2, 1998 to Aug. 31, 2008. We have the complete 10-year financial data and trading prices of these companies for this period. We rank the predictability of these companies based on the consistency of their revenue per share and EBITDA (earning before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization) per share over the past ten fiscal years, and study the correlation between the stock performances and the predictability of the business.

Our study may be subject to these biases and assumptions:

Dividend yields are not counted for investment returns
Effects of price changes due to spin-offs may not be fully adjusted
Study is subjected to survivorship bias due to de-listing, bankruptcy, LBO, M&A, etc.

The correlation between business predictability and investment returns of a company is showed below.

Correlation Between Business Predictability and Investment Returns

	Predictables	Non-Predictable	All stocks
Total Number of stocks	570	1833	2403
Total Lost Money	61	830	891
Total Lost More Than 50%	18	412	430
Total Lost More Than 90%	4	86	90
Average Gain	260.6%	100.0%	138.1%
Median Gain	150.0%	13.0%	39.0%
Maximum Gain	2852.0%	11483.0%	11483.0%
Maximum Loss	-100.0%	-100.0%	-100.0%
Annualized Average Gain	12.7%	6.7%	8.4%
Annualized Median Gain	8.9%	1.1%	3.1%

For the 570 predictable companies, we have seen strong correlation between the predictability of businesses and the stock performances over the past 10 years, regardless of the valuation of business at 1998. Accordingly, we have ranked the business predictability from 5-star to 1-star, as shown in this table.

Predictability Rank	5-Star	4.5-Star	4-Star	3.5-Star	3-Star	2.5-Star	2-Star	1-Star (non-predictable)	Average among all
% Out of All 2403 Stocks	3.3%	2.9%	3.7%	3.3%	3.3%	3.7%	3.3%	76.3%	100%
% that are in Loss (10y)	3%	10%	8%	9%	11%	18%	16%	45%	37%
Average Gain (10y)	364.6%	330.9%	278.0%	235.1%	243.5%	227.8%	154.8%	100.0%	138.1%
Median Gain (10y)	238.5%	193.5%	171.0%	159.0%	132.5%	113.5%	87.0%	13.0%	39.0%
Maximum Gainer	2228.0%	2547.0%	2452.0%	2852.0%	2432.0%	1892.0%	1807.0%	11483.0%	11483.0%
Maximum Loser	-82.0%	-53.0%	-67.0%	-100.0%	-83.0%	-100.0%	-78.0%	-100.0%	-100.0%
Annualized Average Gain	15.4%	14.6%	13.2%	12.0%	12.2%	11.7%	9.1%	6.7%	8.4%
Annualized Median Gain	12.1%	10.6%	9.8%	9.3%	8.2%	7.3%	6.0%	1.1%	3.1%

For detailed information about each predictability rank, please go to GuruFocus Research: What worked in the market from 1998-2008? Part I: Introduction of Predictability Rank

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Alseres Pharmaceuticals (Alseres Pharmaceuticals) Business Description

Industry

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Traded in Other Exchanges

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Address

275 Grove Street, Suite 2-400, Auburndale, MA, USA, 02466

Website

http://www.alseres.com

Alseres Pharmaceuticals Inc is a US-based biotechnology company. It is focused on the development of diagnostic and therapeutic products for disorders in the central nervous system. The company's lead product candidate is Altropane, a proprietary molecular imaging agent which is used to diagnose Parkinson's disease and dementia. Further, it is focused on entering into partnerships to ensure development and commercialization of its product. Geographically the firm carries out its business through the region of United States.

Executives

Mark Jerome Pykett	officer: President and COO	223A MAIN ST, BOXFORD MA 021921
Robert Langer	director	98 MONTVALE RD, NEWTON MA 02459
Peter G Savas	director, officer: Chief Executive Officer	110 HARTWELL AVENUE, LEXINGTON MA 02173
John T Preston	director	C/O MOLTEN METAL TECHNOLOTY INC, 400-2 TOTTEN POND ROAD, WALTHAM MA 02154
Rice Kenneth L Jr	officer: Exec VP of Fin & Admin & CFO	C/O 85 MAIN STREET, HOPKINTON MA 01748
Joseph P Hernon	officer: Chief Financial Officer	1607 PONCE DE LEON AVENUE, SUITE 407, SAN JUAN PR 00909
Stephen M Peck	director	P O BOX 554, 3600 S LAKE DRIVE, ST FRANCIS WI, MILWAUKEE WI 53201-0554

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