Technical Communications Corporation (TCCO)

Nasdaq Stock Exchange
USD
US8784091014
16 September 1983  –  22 November 2024

Performance

Annualized Return
-11.57%
Sharpe Ratio
0.46
Maximum Drawdown
-99.65%

Metrics

Metric Technical Communications Corporation
Initial Balance $10,000
Final Balance $63
Returns   [View more details]
Month-To-Date -0%
Year-To-Date -88%
3M -70%
6M -76.92%
Annual Return (3Y) -70.64%
Annual Return (5Y) -51.27%
Annual Return (All) -11.57%
Risk   [View more details]
Annual Volatility 132.04%
Max Drawdown -99.65%
Sharpe Ratio 0.46
Sortino Ratio 0.86
Adjusted Sortino (S/√2) 0.61

  • 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 September 1983.
  • Final balance: The amount of capital we've accrued over time as of November 2024.
  • 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 41 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
Technical Communications Corporation -90.06 -70.64 -51.27 -34.39 -18.9 -11.57

Annual Returns

Year Technical Communications Corporation
1983 -5.56%
1984 -70.59%
1985 140%
1986 -63.89%
1987 7.69%
1988 221.42%
1989 2.22%
1990 -23.91%
1991 62.86%
1992 -42.1%
1993 45.45%
1994 -39.58%
1995 10.13%
1996 65.95%
1997 -60.38%
1998 -14.29%
1999 30.56%
2000 -68.09%
2001 -45.6%
2002 -64.71%
2003 886.17%
2004 69.01%
2005 -33.33%
2006 -25%
2007 91.66%
2008 -19.31%
2009 -11.64%
2010 324.99%
2011 -41.12%
2012 -37.96%
2013 69.11%
2014 -38.11%
2015 -35.67%
2016 -19.14%
2017 367.35%
2018 -76.86%
2019 90.57%
2020 -5.35%
2021 -60.88%
2022 -55.61%
2023 -39.76%
2024 -88%

Technical Communications Corporation had 16 positive years and 26 negative years. That's a positive ratio of 38%.

Monthly Returns

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec YTD
1983 - - - - - - - - 18.5% -26.6% 4.3% 4.1% -5.6%
1984 -3.9% -26.5% -19.4% -17.2% -25% 5.6% -21.1% 33.3% 0% -20% -25% 25% -70.6%
1985 20% 77.8% 9.4% -11.4% -9.7% -7.1% -3.9% 4% 7.7% -0% 10.7% 16.1% 140%
1986 -12.5% 7.9% 5.9% -13.9% -9.7% -19.6% -6.7% -7.1% -18% -6.3% -13.3% -0% -63.9%
1987 38.5% -11.1% -12.5% -14.3% 33.3% 0% -25% 8.3% 96.2% -39.2% -29% 27.3% 7.7%
1988 50% -9.5% 7.9% 7.3% 9.1% 45.8% 8.6% -5.3% -11.1% 3.1% -12.1% 55.2% 221.4%
1989 -12.2% 57% -0% 6.5% -18.2% -5.6% -2% -6% -10.6% 2.4% -1.2% 8.2% 2.2%
1990 -17.4% 18.4% -2.2% 4.6% 28.3% -17% 4.1% -29.4% 1.4% -6.9% 17.7% -12.5% -23.9%
1991 42.9% -1% 37.4% -22.1% 0% -17% -2.3% 30.2% -4.5% 12.2% -21.7% 21.3% 62.9%
1992 -5.3% -3.7% 1.9% 3.8% -21.8% -2.3% -7.1% 0% -7.7% -0% 8.3% -15.4% -42.1%
1993 6.1% 2.9% -8.3% -6.1% 0% 6.5% 0% 12.1% -2.7% 19.4% 20.9% -7.7% 45.5%
1994 4.2% -10% -22.2% -17.1% 10.3% -3.1% 3.2% -9.4% 13.8% -3% -12.5% 3.6% -39.6%
1995 -0% 10.3% -1.6% -14.3% 3.7% -3.6% 7.4% 51.7% -11.4% -7.7% -2.8% -8.8% 10.1%
1996 3.3% -2.8% -6.4% 13.3% 141.2% -22.6% -13.4% -15.5% 5.4% 6.1% -27.9% 41.3% 66%
1997 0.9% -21.5% -9.5% -10.5% 4.4% 0.7% -38.5% 31.8% -3.5% 33.9% -12% -36.4% -60.4%
1998 0% 16.7% 10.2% 1.9% -9.1% -19% 27.2% -16.5% -16.3% -2.8% -8.6% 12.5% -14.3%
1999 30.6% -44.7% -3.9% -4% -12.5% -4.8% 20% -8.3% -9.1% 2.5% 41.5% 62.1% 30.6%
2000 19.2% -17% -1.1% -8.7% -7.1% -32.1% -7.6% 6.1% -15.4% -11.9% -17.4% -6.3% -68.1%
2001 61.7% -15.5% -36.6% 32.9% -12.5% -15.3% -0% -35% 16.4% -25.6% 10% 3% -45.6%
2002 64.7% -31.6% 20% 4.4% -47.2% 13.2% -59.3% 2.9% 11.1% -25% 0% 20% -64.7%
2003 108.3% 17.3% -6.8% 9.8% 11.1% -20% 1.3% 116% 20% -4.8% 125% -21.1% 886.2%
2004 12.7% -15% -0% 30.9% -4.5% -12.9% 13.5% 2.4% -2.6% -2.2% 62.2% -9.8% 69%
2005 -11.7% -2.8% -11.7% -12.1% -23.8% -4.9% 20.7% -7.1% -4.6% 0% 13.6% 13.6% -33.3%
2006 -2.5% -11.5% 7.3% -9.5% 4.5% 12.9% -17.7% -4.6% 6.5% -17% 5.8% 3.5% -25%
2007 8.3% -7.1% -0.7% 40% 28.6% -9.3% 18.4% -25.9% 4.7% -4.4% 17.4% 13.9% 91.7%
2008 10.4% 3.2% -20.8% 25.2% -3.1% -3.2% 1.6% 0% -12.1% -16.5% -18.7% 25.4% -19.3%
2009 12.1% -23.1% 18.8% -0.2% -15.6% -0.3% 31.6% -14.3% 0% -6.4% 3.3% -5.8% -11.6%
2010 23.7% 131.6% -7.9% 49.7% -11.4% 2.2% 2.1% -22% -0.2% 22.7% -3.1% 25.7% 325%
2011 -2.2% -21.1% -5.7% 2% -13.2% -3.6% -4.6% -4.8% -2.8% 9.1% -2.8% 1.1% -41.1%
2012 -4.8% 41.9% 14.3% -12.7% -24.1% 8.4% -5.9% -17.3% -10.2% -4.9% 6.6% -21.1% -38%
2013 13.1% -17.9% 1% 58.5% 10.5% 2.7% 3.3% -13.3% -1.6% -0.6% 6.8% 7.2% 69.1%
2014 -3.4% -4.8% -5.3% -11% -28% 8.7% -17.1% 2.1% 8.4% 2.8% -5.7% 14.6% -38.1%
2015 -8.7% -1.4% 0% -4.5% -7.9% -1.3% -7.6% -8.8% -8.1% -3.2% 17.8% -6.8% -35.7%
2016 -4.6% -9.7% 6.5% -1.1% 0% -10.9% 35.9% -27.6% 10% -11.3% 14.9% -9.3% -19.1%
2017 2% 2% 1.6% -7.7% 19.3% 82.5% -20.2% 26.5% 1.9% -24.3% 15.3% 145.2% 367.4%
2018 -16.2% -18.8% -32.7% -14.3% 4.4% -6.4% -11.4% 25.6% -7.1% -12.5% -9.6% -26.4% -76.9%
2019 4.2% -3.6% 30.8% 24.1% 3% -9.9% -36.2% -5.5% 3.3% -7.6% -15.2% 157.7% 90.6%
2020 -13.3% -31.1% -30.8% 12.4% 35.3% 4.7% 17.1% -4.6% -8.3% -2.9% 19% 21.3% -5.4%
2021 -24.7% -11.9% 8.8% -9% 3.5% 10.8% -7.8% -9.9% -11.4% -3.8% -17.7% -11% -60.9%
2022 -17.7% 10.4% -20% 31.6% -24% -4.4% -3.9% -20% -0% 0% -1% -16.2% -55.6%
2023 -0% 27.7% -24.5% -12.5% 35.7% -6.3% -15.7% -16% 3.2% -0% -3.1% -20.6% -39.8%
2024 8% -44.4% 3.3% -3.2% -26.7% 0% -40.9% 0% -53.9% 0% -0% - -88%
Pos 57.9% 34.1% 42.1% 43.9% 44.7% 33.3% 41% 36.8% 41% 27.8% 47.5% 60% 38.1%
Avg 10.1% 0.1% -2.8% 3% 0.8% -1.5% -4.1% 0.5% -0.1% -5.1% 4% 12.3% 33.3%

Other Return Metrics

Metric Technical Communications Corporation
Cumulative Return -99.37%
Enh Ann Return 15.01%
Best Year 886.17%
Worst Year -88%
Best Month 157.65%
Worst Month -59.31%
Best Day 308.16%
Worst Day -60%
Win Ratio (Yearly) 38.1%
Win Ratio (Quarterly) 40.24%
Win Ratio (Monthly) 42.24%
Win Ratio (Daily) 47.81%

Annual Volatility

Annual Volatility 1y Annual Volatility 3y Annual Volatility 5y Annual Volatility 10y Annual Volatility 20y Annual Volatility
Technical Communications Corporation 331.77 247.33 244.51 184.77 139.92 132.04

Sharpe Ratio

Sharpe Ratio 1y Sharpe Ratio 3y Sharpe Ratio 5y Sharpe Ratio 10y Sharpe Ratio 20y Sharpe Ratio
Technical Communications Corporation 0.66 0.59 0.58 0.46 0.39 0.46

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.

Technical Communications Corporation

Start Valley End Days Drawdown
1996-05-24 2024-09-27 - 10409 -99.65%
1983-10-05 1987-04-15 1989-02-16 1961 -86.36%
1989-04-13 1995-05-12 1996-05-23 2597 -66.67%
1989-02-17 1989-02-27 1989-03-03 14 -16.42%
1989-03-07 1989-03-20 1989-04-05 29 -14.49%

The Technical Communications Corporation took approximately 100 months on average to recover from a major drawdown. The longest drawdown lasted 347 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 Technical Communications Corporation
Sharpe Ratio 0.46
Sortino Ratio 0.86
Adjusted Sortino (S/√2) 0.61
Calmar Ratio -0.12
Omega Ratio 1.14
Gain to Pain Ratio 0.14
Ulcer Index 0.73
Kelly Criterion 5.79%
Skew 7.61
Kurtosis 216.89
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