Surge Components (Surge Components) Predictability Rank

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What is Surge Components Predictability Rank?

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.

Surge Components 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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Surge Components (Surge Components) Business Description

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Address

95 East Jefryn Boulevard, Deer Park, New York, NY, USA, 11729

Website

https://www.surgecomponents.com

Surge Components Inc is a supplier of electronic products and components. The company's products include capacitors, which are electrical energy storage devices, and discrete components, such as rectifiers, transistors, and diodes. Its marketed products are utilized in the electronic circuitry of products, comprising of automobiles, telecom, audio, cellular telephones, computers, consumer electronics, garage door openers, household appliances, power supplies and security equipment. In addition, the company's products are also sold to original equipment manufacturers and distributors.

Executives

Peter Levy	director	C/O ATLAS THERAPEUTICS CORPORATION, 4640 ADMIRALTY WAY, SUITE 500, MARINA DEL REY CA 90292
Michael D Tofias	10 percent owner	325 NORTH END AVENUE, APT. 25B, NEW YORK NY 10282
Steven J Lubman	director, officer: VP, Secretary, Director	1016 GRAND BLVD, DEER PARK NY 11729
Martin Novick	director
Alan Plafker	director	24 SYLVIA ROAD, PLAINVIEW NY 11803
Gary Mark Jacobs	director	15 HOOVER STREET, INWOOD NY 11096
Lawrence Chariton	director	30 ROCKAWAY PLACE, MASSAPEQUA NY 11758
Ira Levy	director, officer: Chief Executive Officer
David Siegel	director	95 EAST JEFRYN BOULEVARD, DEER PARK NY 11729