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OncoSec Medical (OncoSec Medical) Predictability Rank


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What is OncoSec Medical 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.


OncoSec Medical 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

PredictablesNon-PredictableAll stocks
Total Number of stocks57018332403
Total Lost Money61830891
Total Lost More Than 50%18412430
Total Lost More Than 90%48690
Average Gain260.6%100.0%138.1%
Median Gain150.0%13.0%39.0%
Maximum Gain2852.0%11483.0%11483.0%
Maximum Loss-100.0%-100.0%-100.0%
Annualized Average Gain12.7%6.7%8.4%
Annualized Median Gain8.9%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 Rank5-Star4.5-Star4-Star3.5-Star3-Star2.5-Star2-Star1-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

Also read:

Part II: What worked in the market from 1998-2008? Part II: Role of Valuations
Part III: Intrinsic Value, Discounted Cash Flow and Margin of Safety

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OncoSec Medical (OncoSec Medical) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
24 North Main Street, Pennington, NJ, USA, 08534
OncoSec Medical Inc is a healthcare sector company. It is focused on designing, developing and commercializing gene therapies, therapeutics, and medical approaches to stimulate an anti-tumor immune response for the treatment of cancer. The company's lead product candidate, ImmunoPulse IL-12, consists of a plasmid construct encoding the proinflammatory cytokine, IL-12, which is delivered into the tumor through in vivo electroporation. In addition, it is pursuing ImmunoPulse IL-12 monotherapy in patients with triple-negative breast cancer.
Executives
Robert J Delaversano officer: Principal Accounting Officer 217 W. MAIN STREET, SOMERVILLE NJ 08876
Spahr Stephany Foster director C/O ONCOSEC MEDICAL, 24 NORTH MAIN STREET, PENNINGTON NJ 08534
Robert H. Arch officer: President and CEO C/O ONCOSEC MEDICAL INCORPORATED, 24 NORTH MAIN STREET, PENNINGTON NJ 08534
George Chi officer: Chief Financial Officer 9620 MEDICAL CENTER DRIVE, SUITE 300, ROCKVILLE MD 20850
Lin Shi director 24 NORTH MAIN STREET, PENNINGTON NJ 08534-2218
Margaret Dalesandro director ONCOSEC MEDICAL INCORPORATED, 24 NORTH MAIN STREET, PENNINGTON NJ 08534
Yuhang Zhao director 6 HORTON DR., CHESTER NJ 07930
Brian A Leuthner officer: Chief Operating Officer 200 CONNELL DRIVE, SUITE 1600, BERKELEY HEIGHTS NJ 07922
Daniel J. O'connor director C/O SEELOS THERAPEUTICS, INC., 300 PARK AVENUE, 12TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
China Grand Pharmaceutical & Healthcare Holdings Ltd 10 percent owner, other: See Remarks UNIT 3302, 33/F, THE CENTER, 99 QUEEN'S ROAD, CENTRAL K3 000000
Alpha Holdings, Inc. director, 10 percent owner GANGNAM-GU APGUJEONG-RO 62-GIL 17-10, SEOUL M5 06016
Kellie Malloy Foerter officer: Chief Operating Officer C/O ONCOSEC MEDICAL INCORPORATED, 24 N. MAIN STREET, PENNINGTON NJ 08534-2218
Herbert Kim Lyerly director C/O ONCOSEC MEDICAL INCORPORATED, 24 NORTH MAIN STREET, PENNINGTON NJ 08534-2218
Chao Zhou director UNIT 3302, 33/F, THE CENTER, 99 QUEEN'S ROAD, CENTRAL K3 000000
Grand Decade Developments Ltd 10 percent owner, other: See Remarks UNIT 3302, 33/F, THE CENTER, 99 QUEEN'S ROAD, CENTRAL K3 000000