What is Gabelli Healthcare & WellnessRx Trust 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.
Gabelli Healthcare & WellnessRx Trust 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
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
Gabelli Healthcare & WellnessRx Trust (Gabelli Healthcare & WellnessRx Trust) Business Description
Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
One Corporate Center, Rye, NY, USA, 10580-1422
Gabelli Healthcare & WellnessRx Trust operates as a diversified closed-end management investment company. The investment objective of the fund is the long-term growth of capital. The fund invests at least 80% of its assets in equity securities and income-producing securities of domestic & foreign companies in the healthcare and wellness industries. It invests in various sectors, of which Health Care Providers & Services, Food, Health Care Equipment and Supplies, and Pharmaceuticals account for the majority of the weightage.
Executives
| Mario J Gabelli |
director |
191 MASON STREET, GREENWICH CT 06830 |
| Agnes Mullady |
director |
ONE CORPORATE CENTER, RYE NY 10580 |
| Calgary Avansino |
director |
C/O GAMCO INVESTORS, INC., ONE CORPORATE CENTER, RYE NY 10580 |
| Leslie Fahrenkopf Foley |
director |
C/O GAMCO INVESTORS, INC., ONE CORPORATE CENTER, RYE NY 10580 |
| Jonas Jeffrey J. Jr |
director |
C/O GAMCO INVESTORS, INC., ONE CORPORATE CENTER, RYE NY 10580 |
| Peter D. Goldstein |
officer: Secretary |
249 ROYAL PALM WAY, SUITE 503, PALM BEACH FL 33480 |
| James P Conn |
director |
|
| John Chester Ball |
officer: Treasurer |
800 CONNECTICUT AVENUE, NORWALK CT 06854 |
| Kuni Nakamura |
director |
1 MARTIN BUTLER COURT, RYE NY 10580 |
| Joseph H Egan |
officer: Treasurer |
ONE CORPORATE CENTER, RYE NY 10580 |
| Bruce N Alpert |
officer: Acting President/Treasurer |
C/O GAMCO INVESTORS, INC., ONE CORPORATE CENTER, RYE NY 10580 |
| Thomas E Bratter |
director |
ONE CORPORATE CENTER, RYE NY 10580 |
| Salvatore J Zizza |
director |
810 SEVENTH AVE, 27TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019 |
| Gpj Retirement Partners, Llc |
other: Limited Liability Company |
1 CORPORATE CENTER, RYE NY 10580 |
| Mjg Iv Limited Partnership |
other: Limited Partnership |
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