IFN (India Fund) Predictability Rank

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What is India Fund 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.

India Fund 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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1900 Market Street, Suite 200, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 19103

Website

https://www.abrdnifn.com

India Fund Inc is an asset management company. The fund's investment objective is long-term capital appreciation, which it seeks to achieve by investing primarily in the equity securities of Indian companies. The company's portfolio is a non-diversified closed-end management investment company across various sectors such as financials, consumer staples, information technology, materials, healthcare, consumer discretionary, industrials, telecommunication services, utilities, and others. Geographically, all the business activity functions through the market of the United States.

Executives

Katie Lynn Gebauer	officer: Vice President	C/O ABRDN, 1900 MARKET STREET, SUITE 200, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Katherine A. Corey	officer: Vice President	1900 MARKET STREET, SUITE 200, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Ai Hua Aik	other: Director of Investment Manager	1900 MARKET STREET, SUITE 200, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Alan R Goodson	director, officer: President	1735 MARKET STREET, 32ND FLOOR, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Brian Kordeck	officer: Vice President	C/O ABRDN, 1900 MARKET STREET, SUITE 200, PHILDADELPHIA PA 19103
Michael Marsico	officer: Vice President	C/O ABRDN, 1900 MARKET STREET, SUITE 200, PHILDADELPHIA PA 19103
Robert W. Hepp	officer: Vice President	C/O ABRDN, 1900 MARKET STREET, SUITE 200, PHILDADELPHIA PA 19103
Andrew Wonil Kim	officer: Vice President	C/O ABRDN, 1900 MARKET STREET, SUITE 200, PHILDADELPHIA PA 19103
Heather Hasson	officer: Vice President	C/O ABERDEEN STANDARD INVESTMENTS, 1900 MARKET STREET, SUITE 200, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Rene Buehlmann	other: CEO/Director of Invest. Mngr.	C/O ABERDEEN STANDARD INVESTMENTS, 1900 MARKET STREET, SUITE 200, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
James Joseph O'connor	officer: Vice President	C/O ABERDEEN STANDARD INVESTMENTS, 1900 MARKET STREET, SUITE 200, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Matthew Keener	officer: Assistant Secretary	C/O ABERDEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT INC., 1735 MARKET STREET - 32ND FLOOR, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Chris Demetriou	officer: Vice President	1735 MARKET STREET, 32ND FLOOR, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Adam Mccabe	other: Director of Adviser	1735 MARKET STREET, 32ND FLOOR, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Andrew Peter Hendry	other: Director of Adviser	C/O ABERDEEN STANDARD INVESTMENTS, 1735 MARKET STREET, 32ND FLOOR, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103