CFNB (California First Leasing) Predictability Rank

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What is California First Leasing 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.

California First Leasing 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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California First Leasing Business Description

Industry

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Address

5000 Birch Street, Suite 500, Newport Beach, CA, USA, 92660

Website

https://www.calfirstlease.com

California First Leasing Corp is an internally managed non-diversified closed-end investment company. The company retains its lease business while using equity and other investments to maximize current income and generate capital appreciation.

Executives

Patrick E Paddon	director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Executive Officer	18201 VON KARMAN AVENUE, IRVINE CA 92612
Michael H Lowry	director
Robert Winton Kelley	director	5000 BIRCH STREET, SUITE 500, NEWPORT BEACH CA 92660-8142
Robert A Hodgson	officer: Sr. VP Tax & Accounting	18201 VON KARMAN AVE. #800, IRVINE CA 92612
Bedros Aharonyan	officer: President, Cal First Natl Bank	CALIFORNIA FIRST NATIONAL BANK, 18201 VON KARMAN AVENUE, IRVINE CA 92651
Michael L Mcclendon	officer: SVP Credit of CalFirst Leasing	CALIFORNIA FIRST LEASING CORPORATION, 18201 VON KARMAN AVENUE, IRVINE CA 92651
Glen T Tsuma	director, 10 percent owner, officer: CHief Operating Officer	18201 VON KARMAN AVE, SUITE 800, IRVINE CA 92612
Danilo Cacciamatta	director
Harris Ravine	director	8475 GREENWOOD DRIVE, NIWOT CO 80503
S Leslie Jewett	officer: Chief Financial Officer	18201 VON KARMAN AVENUE, IRVINE CA 92612