The Gabelli Focus Fund Manager Performance Evaluation

GWSVX Fund  USD 15.60  0.03  0.19%   
The fund retains a Market Volatility (i.e., Beta) of 0.95, which attests to possible diversification benefits within a given portfolio. Gabelli Focus returns are very sensitive to returns on the market. As the market goes up or down, Gabelli Focus is expected to follow.

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Compared to the overall equity markets, risk-adjusted returns on investments in The Gabelli Focus are ranked lower than 1 (%) of all funds and portfolios of funds over the last 90 days. In spite of fairly strong basic indicators, Gabelli Focus is not utilizing all of its potentials. The current stock price disturbance, may contribute to short-term losses for the investors.
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Expense Ratio Date1st of June 2023
Expense Ratio1.7900
  

Gabelli Focus Relative Risk vs. Return Landscape

If you would invest  1,547  in The Gabelli Focus on January 19, 2024 and sell it today you would earn a total of  13.00  from holding The Gabelli Focus or generate 0.84% return on investment over 90 days. The Gabelli Focus is currently producing 0.0164% returns and takes up 0.793% volatility of returns over 90 trading days. Put another way, 7% of traded mutual funds are less volatile than Gabelli, and 99% of all traded equity instruments are likely to generate higher returns over the next 90 trading days.
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Assuming the 90 days horizon Gabelli Focus is expected to generate 3.85 times less return on investment than the market. In addition to that, the company is 1.29 times more volatile than its market benchmark. It trades about 0.02 of its total potential returns per unit of risk. The NYSE Composite is currently generating roughly 0.1 per unit of volatility.

Gabelli Focus Current Valuation

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Please note that Gabelli Focus' price fluctuation is very steady at this time. At this time, the entity appears to be fairly valued. Gabelli Focus retains a regular Real Value of $15.67 per share. The prevalent price of the fund is $15.6. We determine the value of Gabelli Focus from evaluating fund fundamentals and technical indicators as well as its Probability Of Bankruptcy. In general, we encourage acquiring undervalued mutual funds and dropping overvalued mutual funds since, at some point, mutual fund prices and their ongoing real values will come together.
Our valuation method for The Gabelli Focus is useful when determining the fair value of the Gabelli mutual fund, which is usually determined by what a typical buyer is willing to pay for full or partial control of Gabelli Focus. Since Gabelli Focus is currently traded on the exchange, buyers and sellers on that exchange determine the market value of Gabelli Mutual Fund. However, Gabelli Focus' intrinsic value may or may not be the same as its current market price, in which case there is an opportunity to profit from the mispricing, assuming the market price will eventually merge with its intrinsic value.
Historical Market  15.6 Real  15.67 Hype  15.6 Naive  15.31
The real value of Gabelli Mutual Fund, also known as its intrinsic value, is the underlying worth of Gabelli Focus Mutual Fund, which is reflected in its stock price. It is based on Gabelli Focus' financial performance, assets, liabilities, growth prospects, management team, or industry conditions. The intrinsic value of Gabelli Focus' stock can be calculated using various methods such as discounted cash flow analysis, price-to-earnings ratio, or price-to-book ratio. That value may differ from its current market price, which is determined by supply and demand factors such as investor sentiment, market trends, news, and other external factors that may influence Gabelli Focus' stock price. It is important to note that the real value of any stock may change over time based on changes in the company's performance.
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Estimating the potential upside or downside of The Gabelli Focus helps investors to forecast how Gabelli mutual fund's addition to their portfolios will impact the overall performance. We also use other valuation drivers to help us estimate the true value of Gabelli Focus more accurately as focusing exclusively on Gabelli Focus' fundamentals will not take into account other important factors:
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Gabelli Focus Market Risk Analysis

Today, many novice investors tend to focus exclusively on investment returns with little concern for Gabelli Focus' investment risk. Standard deviation is the most common way to measure market volatility of mutual funds, such as The Gabelli Focus, and traders can use it to determine the average amount a Gabelli Focus' price has deviated from the expected return over a period of time. It is calculated by determining the expected price for the established period and then subtracting this figure from each price point. The differences are then squared, summed, and averaged to produce the variance.

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Based on monthly moving average Gabelli Focus is performing at about 1% of its full potential. If added to a well diversified portfolio the total return can be enhanced and market risk can be reduced. You can increase risk-adjusted return of Gabelli Focus by adding it to a well-diversified portfolio.

Gabelli Focus Fundamentals Growth

Gabelli Mutual Fund prices reflect investors' perceptions of the future prospects and financial health of Gabelli Focus, and Gabelli Focus fundamentals are critical determinants of its market performance. Overall, investors pay close attention to revenue and earnings growth, profit margins, and debt levels. These fundamentals can have a significant impact on Gabelli Mutual Fund performance.

About Gabelli Focus Performance

To evaluate Gabelli Focus Mutual Fund as a possible investment, you need to clearly understand its upside potential, downside risk, and overall future performance outlook. You may be satisfied when Gabelli Focus generates a 15% return over the last few months, but what if the market is generating 25% over the same period? In this case, it makes sense to compare Gabelli Mutual Fund's performance with different market indexes, such as the Dow or NASDAQ Composite. These indexes can act as benchmarks that will help you to understand Gabelli Focus market performance in a much more refined way. The Macroaxis performance score is an integer between 0 and 100 that represents Gabelli's market performance from a risk-adjusted return perspective. Generally speaking, the higher the score, the better is overall performance as compared to other investors. The score is normalized against the average investing universe (the best we can interpret from the data available). Within this methodology, scores of individual equity instruments will always be inferior to the scores of portfolios of equities as portfolios typically diversify a lot of unsystematic risks away. The formula to derive the Macroaxis score bases on multiple unequally-weighted factors. For more information, refer to our portfolio performance evaluation section.
Please also refer to our technical analysis and fundamental analysis pages.
Under normal circumstances, the fund will invest in a concentrated portfolio of twenty-five to thirty-five equity securities. It could potentially invest up to 50 percent of its net assets in five securities that represent the largest, and thus the highest conviction, positions. The balance of the funds net assets not so invested will be held in short term high grade investments or cash and cash equivalents. It is non-diversified.

Things to note about Gabelli Focus performance evaluation

Checking the ongoing alerts about Gabelli Focus for important developments is a great way to find new opportunities for your next move. Mutual Fund alerts and notifications screener for Gabelli Focus help investors to be notified of important events, changes in technical or fundamental conditions, and significant headlines that can affect investment decisions.
Evaluating Gabelli Focus' performance can involve analyzing a variety of financial metrics and factors. Some of the key considerations to evaluate Gabelli Focus' mutual fund performance include:
  • Analyzing Gabelli Focus' financial statements, including its income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statement, helps in understanding its overall financial health and growth potential.
  • Getting a closer look at valuation ratios like price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio, price-to-sales (P/S) ratio, and price-to-book (P/B) ratio help in understanding whether Gabelli Focus' stock is overvalued or undervalued compared to its peers.
  • Examining Gabelli Focus' industry or sector and how it is performing can give you an idea of its growth potential and how it is positioned relative to its competitors.
  • Evaluating Gabelli Focus' management team can have a significant impact on its success or failure. Reviewing the track record and experience of Gabelli Focus' management team can help you assess the Mutual Fund's leadership.
  • Pay attention to analyst opinions and ratings of Gabelli Focus' mutual fund. These opinions can provide insight into Gabelli Focus' potential for growth and whether the stock is currently undervalued or overvalued.
It's essential to remember that evaluating Gabelli Focus' mutual fund performance is not an exact science, and many factors can impact Gabelli Focus' mutual fund market price. Therefore, it's also important to diversify your portfolio and not rely solely on one company or stock for your investments.
Check out Risk vs Return Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in The Gabelli Focus. Also, note that the market value of any mutual fund could be tightly coupled with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in real.
You can also try the Portfolio Center module to all portfolio management and optimization tools to improve performance of your portfolios.
Please note, there is a significant difference between Gabelli Focus' value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Gabelli Focus is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Gabelli Focus' price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.