FiscalNote Holdings (FiscalNote Holdings) Predictability Rank

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What is FiscalNote Holdings 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.

FiscalNote Holdings 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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FiscalNote Holdings (FiscalNote Holdings) Business Description

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A2O:Germany

Address

1201 Pennsylvania Ave NW, 6th floor, Washington, DC, USA, 20004

Website

https://www.fiscalnote.com

FiscalNote Holdings Inc is an information services company focused on policy and market intelligence. The company has its geographic presence in North America, Europe, Australia and Asia.

Executives

Josh Resnik	officer: See Remarks	1201 PENNSYLVANIA AVE NW, 6TH FLOOR, WASHINGTON DC 20004
Jon Slabaugh	officer: See Remarks	1201 PENNSYLVANIA AVE NW, 6TH FLOOR, WASHINGTON DC 20004
Richard Henderson	officer: Chief Revenue Officer	1201 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE NW, 6TH FLOOR, WASHINGTON DC 20004
Paul Donnell	officer: Chief Accounting Officer	1201 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE NW, 6TH FLOOR, WASHINGTON, D.C. DC 20004
Tim Hwang	director, officer: See Remarks	1201 PENNSYLVANIA AVE NW, 6TH FLOOR, WASHINGTON DC 20004
Keith Nilsson	director	1201 PENNSYLVANIA AVE NW, 6TH FLOOR, COSTA MESA CA 92626
Todd Aman	officer: See Remarks	1201 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE NW, 6TH FLOOR, WASHINGTON, D.C. DC 20004
Key Compton	director	1201 PENNSYLVANIA AVE NW, 6TH FLOOR, WASHINGTON DC 20004
Stanley A Mcchrystal	director	C/O JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPORATION, 27-01 QUEENS PLAZA NORTH, LONG ISLAND CITY NY 11101
Yiu Conrad	director	1201 PENNSYLVANIA AVE NW, 6TH FLOOR, WASHINGTON DC 20004
Star V Partners Llc	10 percent owner	2100 WEST END AVENUE, SUITE 100, NASHVILLE TN 37203
Maso Capital Investments Ltd	10 percent owner	C/O WALKERS CORPORATE LIMITED, CAYMAN CORPORATE CENTRE, 27 HOSPITAL RD., GEORGE TOWN, GRAND CAYMAN E9 KYL-9008
Gerald Yao	director, officer: See Remarks	1201 PENNSYLVANIA AVE NW, 6TH FLOOR, WASHINGTON DC 20004
Anna Sedgley	director	1201 PENNSYLVANIA AVE NW, 6TH FLOOR, WASHINGTON DC 20004
Vlad Eidelman	officer: Chief Technology Officer	1201 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE NW, 6TH FLOOR, WASHINGTON, D.C. DC 20004