Staffing 360 Solutions (Staffing 360 Solutions) Predictability Rank

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What is Staffing 360 Solutions 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.

Staffing 360 Solutions 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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Staffing 360 Solutions (Staffing 360 Solutions) Business Description

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Address

757 3rd Avenue, 27th Floor, New York, NY, USA, 10017

Website

https://www.staffing360solutions.com

Staffing 360 Solutions, Inc. is a public company in the staffing sector engaged in the execution of a global buy-and-build strategy through the acquisition of domestic and international staffing organizations in the US and the UK. The Company believes the staffing industry offers opportunities for accretive acquisitions that will drive its annual revenues to $300 million. As part of its targeted consolidation model, the Company is pursuing acquisition targets in the finance and accounting, administrative, engineering and IT staffing space.

Executives

Anil Kumar Sharma	10 percent owner	24 HAYHURST DRIVE, NEWTOWN PA 18940
Satvinder Singh	10 percent owner	24 HAYHURST DRIVE, NEWTOWN PA 18940
Rscube Investment, Llc	10 percent owner	24 HAYHURST DRIVE, NEWTOWN PA 18940
Vincent J Cebula	director	1301 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, 34 TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019
Brendan Flood	director
M Khalid Anwar	officer: SVP, Corporate Finance	641 LEXINGTON AVE, NEW YORK NY 10022
Mark Gibbens	officer: CFO	245 FREIGHT STREET, WATERBURY CT 06702
Chris Powers	officer: Interim CFO	641 LEXINGTON AVENUE, 27TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Sharnika Viswakula	officer: Corporate Controller	641 LEXINGTON AVENUE, 27TH FLOOR, C/O STAFFING 360 SOLUTIONS, INC., NEW YORK NY 10022
Jackson Investment Group, Llc	10 percent owner	2655 NORTHWINDS PARKWAY, ALPHARETTA GA 30009
Richard Lee Jackson	10 percent owner	2655 NORTHWINDS PARKWAY, ALPHARETTA GA 30009
Alicia Barker	director	C/O STAFFING 360 SOLUTIONS, INC., 641 LEXINGTON AVENUE, 27TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Christopher John Lutzo	officer: General Counsel and Secretary	355 SUBURBAN AVENUE, FAIRFIELD CT 06825
David Faiman	officer: Chief Financial Officer	93 GEORGETOWN ROAD, WESTON CT 06883
Nicholas Florio	director	C/O STAFFING 360, 641 LEXINGTON AVENUE, SUITE 1526, NEW YORK NY 10022