DLH Holdings Corp. (DLHC)

Nasdaq Stock Exchange
USD
US23335Q1004
29 May 1986  –  14 January 2025

Performance

Annualized Return
-3.46%
Sharpe Ratio
0.4
Maximum Drawdown
-99.62%

Metrics

Metric DLH Holdings Corp.
Initial Balance $10,000
Final Balance $2,561
Returns   [View more details]
Month-To-Date -5.11%
Year-To-Date -5.11%
3M -13.41%
6M -32.02%
Annual Return (3Y) -27.63%
Annual Return (5Y) 10.38%
Annual Return (All) -3.46%
Risk   [View more details]
Annual Volatility 89.77%
Max Drawdown -99.62%
Sharpe Ratio 0.4
Sortino Ratio 0.63
Adjusted Sortino (S/√2) 0.45

  • Initial balance: The amount of starting capital used to invest in the asset or portfolio. In this case, we're starting with a $10,000 investment on May 1986.
  • Final balance: The amount of capital we've accrued over time as of January 2025.
  • Annual return: Also known as annualized return, or CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate), measures how much an investment has increased on average each year, during a specific time period. The time period in this case is approximately 39 year(s). Even a small difference in return can have a big impact on the final balance over a long period of time.
  • Annual volatility: Basically indicates how much, in percentage points, the investment can deviate from its annual return, under most circumstances. An investment with an annual return of 5% and an annual volatility of 10% would indicate returns from approximately -5% to 15% most of the time. A lower volatility is usually preferred to ensure more steady returns over time.
  • Best year: The best performance attained over its lifetime in a given year.
  • Worst year: The worst performance undergone over its lifetime in a given year.
  • Max drawdown: The largest percentage drop from a peak to a trough of an asset or portfolio, before a new peak is attained. Maximum drawdown is an indicator of downside risk over a specified time period.
  • Sharpe Ratio: The Sharpe ratio measures the performance of an investment compared to a risk-free asset, after adjusting for its risk. A Sharpe Ratio above 1 is considered good.
  • Sortino Ratio: The Sortino Ratio is a variation of the Sharpe ratio that only penalizes the investment for negative volatility/outcomes, and not for positive volatility. A Sortino Ratio above 1 is considered good.
  • Adjusted Sortino Ratio: Sortino Ratio/√2. To allow for comparing the Sortino ratio to the Sharpe ratio, we multiply the risk measure of the Sortino ratio by the square root of 2 (which is the same as dividing the Sortino ratio by the square root of 2).
  • Ulcer Index: The Ulcer Index (UI) is a technical indicator that measures downside risk in terms of both the depth and duration of price declines.
  • Gain to Pain Ratio: The sum of all returns divided by the absolute value of the sum of all negative returns. In essence, the GPR shows the ratio of net returns to the losses incurred in getting those returns.

Annualized Returns

Annual Return 1y Annual Return 3y Annual Return 5y Annual Return 10y Annual Return 20y Annual Return
DLH Holdings Corp. -53.03 -27.63 10.38 12.88 0.43 -3.46

Annual Returns

Year DLH Holdings Corp.
1986 -23.53%
1987 -0%
1988 50%
1989 -61.54%
1990 -33.33%
1991 20%
1992 50%
1993 44.44%
1994 53.85%
1995 -36.25%
1996 115.69%
1997 -43.64%
1998 -38.71%
1999 21.05%
2000 21.74%
2001 -5.63%
2002 -53.29%
2003 -17.04%
2004 -9.82%
2005 -40.59%
2006 6.67%
2007 -45.31%
2008 -39.29%
2009 -52.94%
2010 -36.25%
2011 270.59%
2012 -62.43%
2013 115.49%
2014 31.37%
2015 108.96%
2016 41.43%
2017 3.7%
2018 -24.51%
2019 -9.89%
2020 122.43%
2021 122.32%
2022 -42.71%
2023 32.69%
2024 -49.02%
2025 -5.11%

DLH Holdings Corp. had 18 positive years and 21 negative years. That's a positive ratio of 46%.

Monthly Returns

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec YTD
1986 - - - - 5.9% -5.6% -2.9% -21.2% 34.6% -20% 14.3% -18.8% -23.5%
1987 -3.9% -12% 0% -9.1% 50% -26.7% 109.1% -13% 20% -20.8% -23.7% -10.3% -0%
1988 -11.5% 39.1% -28.1% 0% 17.4% 25.9% -5.9% -6.3% 3.3% -25.8% 30.4% 30% 50%
1989 -28.2% 10.7% 16.1% -22.2% -3.6% -11.1% -8.3% 4.6% -0% -4.4% -9.1% -25% -61.5%
1990 -33.3% 30% 7.7% 21.4% 29.4% -18.2% -11.1% -18.8% 7.7% 7.1% -6.7% -28.6% -33.3%
1991 -20% 12.5% 22.2% 0% -9.1% 20% -16.7% 100% -10% -11.1% -25% -0% 20%
1992 25% -6.7% -21.4% -0% 0% -18.2% 77.8% 0% -25% -25% 55.6% 28.6% 50%
1993 16.7% -23.8% 3.1% 21.2% 25% 28% 3.1% -15.2% -3.6% -3.7% 0% 0% 44.4%
1994 130.8% -20% -6.3% -6.7% -4.8% 23.8% -9.1% -13.3% 7.7% -2.4% -2.4% -0% 53.9%
1995 15% -17.4% 7.9% -2.4% -25% 3.3% 0% -6.5% 24.1% -11.1% -6.3% -15% -36.3%
1996 60.8% 47.6% 28.9% 6.4% 26.5% -24.8% -16.5% 7.6% 35.2% -31.3% -12.1% -5.2% 115.7%
1997 -5.9% -18.8% -21.4% -12.1% 0% 3.5% 10% -12.1% 17.2% -4.4% -4.6% -0% -43.6%
1998 11.3% -13% 30% -10.3% -15.7% -15.3% 4% -30.8% -5.6% 23.5% 9.5% -17.4% -38.7%
1999 15.8% -13.6% -15.8% 28.1% -17.1% 5.9% 25% -24.4% 2.9% -2.9% -0% 35.3% 21.1%
2000 17.4% -7.4% -2% -16.3% -14.6% 0.8% -38.5% 30.3% 11.1% -23.6% 71.4% 36.1% 21.7%
2001 -20.4% 7.7% -4.8% 33.8% 5.8% -4.7% 24.4% 21.2% -39.2% -3.1% 0.7% -4.3% -5.6%
2002 -10.2% -7.3% 5% 20% 7.3% -2.3% -38% 1.5% -27.5% 8.3% -3.8% -10.6% -53.3%
2003 14.1% 0.7% -1.9% -3% -26.8% 6.5% -1.3% 2.2% -3.9% -5.4% 4.7% 1.4% -17%
2004 5.4% -8.9% 5.1% -7.1% 9.1% 5.7% -9.1% 1.4% 3.1% -10.9% -2.9% 1.5% -9.8%
2005 -13.4% -6.3% -12.8% -6.3% 22.4% -12.2% -4.2% -2.2% 2.2% -9.4% 0% -4% -40.6%
2006 37.5% -0.6% 0.6% 4.2% -11.1% -8.5% -10.7% 4% -1.5% 1.6% 0.8% -2.3% 6.7%
2007 -3.1% -7.3% 2.6% -11% -6.7% -8.2% -5.6% 10.6% -11.7% -0% -15.7% 0% -45.3%
2008 -2.9% 2.9% -2.9% -13.6% -7.2% -10.6% 9.7% 30.8% -11.8% -14.2% -14.2% -6.6% -39.3%
2009 5.3% -19% -6.9% 30.4% 22.2% -19.5% -17.3% 7% -2% -32.7% -32.7% 17.7% -52.9%
2010 35% -7.4% -1% -3% -27.1% -28.6% 10% -7.3% 2% 11.5% -3.5% -8.9% -36.3%
2011 -15.7% 20.9% -5.8% 51% 60.8% -16.8% 109.1% -5.3% -16.8% 32.5% -7.4% -5.5% 270.6%
2012 7.9% 0% -3.4% -22.3% -15% -0% -18.5% -4.7% 5% 0.9% -15.9% -21.1% -62.4%
2013 57.8% 3.6% -27.6% -3.6% -1.2% 0% 7.5% -0% 48.8% 18% -13.9% 17.7% 115.5%
2014 43.8% 11.8% 3.7% -19.6% -25.4% 23.5% 8.5% -3.4% -2% 47.4% -10.5% -21.5% 31.4%
2015 5% 0.5% -8% 5.1% 5.4% 20.8% 14.6% -16.4% 13.6% -0.7% -6% 58.5% 109%
2016 -13.1% -14.8% 23.5% 5.5% 3.7% 20.2% -0.6% -6% -0.6% 9.2% 21.9% -4.8% 41.4%
2017 2.2% -8.6% -2.7% -7.4% 5.4% 2.3% 5.4% 4.4% 9.3% -5.4% 2.5% -1.9% 3.7%
2018 -0.8% -4.3% -0.2% -0.2% -5.7% -0.4% -0.6% -0.2% 5.9% -5.9% -3.7% -10.9% -24.5%
2019 6.5% 31.3% -1.5% -2.3% -24% 7% -5.5% -14% 8% -6.1% 2.6% -2.6% -9.9%
2020 3.3% 17.1% -17% 33% 32.1% -0.8% 38.4% -18.8% -12.1% 23.6% 1.8% 2.2% 122.4%
2021 11.2% -2.1% -2.2% 2.7% 11.7% 2.6% -8% 8.8% 5.1% 23.7% -13.3% 57% 122.3%
2022 -9.5% -7.8% 9.5% -20.3% 9.6% -7.9% 16.5% -7.8% -25.1% 6.1% 7.5% -15.2% -42.7%
2023 3.7% 3.6% -10% -14.5% 7.7% -2.9% -2% 11% 4.7% 17.2% 0.8% 14.2% 32.7%
2024 -0.3% -4.8% -11.2% -20% 7.8% -7.8% 9.6% -6% -14% -13.5% 6.5% -7% -49%
2025 -5.1% - - - - - - - - - - - -5.1%
Pos 56.4% 40.5% 37.8% 37.1% 54.1% 43.2% 44.7% 40.5% 55.3% 36.8% 41.7% 35.3% 46.2%
Avg 8.6% 0.2% -1.3% 0.8% 3.4% -1.4% 6.6% -0.2% 1.6% -1.7% -0.1% 1.5% 12.9%

Other Return Metrics

Metric DLH Holdings Corp.
Cumulative Return -74.39%
Enh Ann Return 7.72%
Best Year 270.59%
Worst Year -62.43%
Best Month 130.77%
Worst Month -39.19%
Best Day 83.1%
Worst Day -38.89%
Win Ratio (Yearly) 45%
Win Ratio (Quarterly) 41.03%
Win Ratio (Monthly) 43.54%
Win Ratio (Daily) 48.75%

Annual Volatility

Annual Volatility 1y Annual Volatility 3y Annual Volatility 5y Annual Volatility 10y Annual Volatility 20y Annual Volatility
DLH Holdings Corp. 40.78 46.05 52.87 53.25 81.66 89.77

Sharpe Ratio

Sharpe Ratio 1y Sharpe Ratio 3y Sharpe Ratio 5y Sharpe Ratio 10y Sharpe Ratio 20y Sharpe Ratio
DLH Holdings Corp. -1.65 -0.47 0.45 0.49 0.39 0.4

3-Year Rolling Sharpe Ratio

The rolling Sharpe Ratio gives a clue about the continued consistency or stability of the risk-adjusted returns.

Drawdown Periods

Simply said, a drawdown is the "pain" period experienced by an investor between a peak (new highs) and subsequent valley (a low point before moving higher). In the table below are the fifth largest drawdowns encountered for the portfolio/asset in question.

DLH Holdings Corp.

Start Valley End Days Drawdown
1996-05-15 2011-02-08 - 10471 -99.62%
1987-10-09 1992-06-11 1996-03-14 3079 -91.67%
1986-06-09 1986-08-27 1987-07-14 400 -51.22%
1987-08-11 1987-09-08 1987-10-01 51 -34.62%
1996-03-21 1996-03-28 1996-04-03 13 -17.84%

The DLH Holdings Corp. took approximately 93 months on average to recover from a major drawdown. The longest drawdown lasted 349 months.

Underwater plot

The underwater plot shows you the drawdown periods on a chart. Whereas the performance chart usually gives you a positive viewpoint, the underwater plot gives you a pessimistic viewpoint. It helps you to visualize downtrends that occurred and how long it took for the portfolio's value to rebound to hit a new high after suffering a loss.

Other Risk Metrics

Metric DLH Holdings Corp.
Sharpe Ratio 0.4
Sortino Ratio 0.63
Adjusted Sortino (S/√2) 0.45
Calmar Ratio -0.03
Omega Ratio 1.09
Gain to Pain Ratio 0.09
Ulcer Index 0.84
Kelly Criterion 3.88%
Skew 1.28
Kurtosis 13.47
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