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Pegasystems (Pegasystems) Sloan Ratio % : -5.60% (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Pegasystems Sloan Ratio %?

Richard Sloan from the University of Michigan was first to document what is referred to as the "accrual anomaly". His 1996 paper found that shares of companies with small or negative accruals vastly outperform (+10%) those of companies with large ones.

Pegasystems's Sloan Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was -5.60%.

As of Mar. 2024, Pegasystems has a Sloan Ratio of -5.60%, indicating the company is in the safe zone and there is no funny business with accruals.


Pegasystems Sloan Ratio % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Pegasystems's Sloan Ratio % can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Pegasystems Sloan Ratio % Chart

Pegasystems Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Sloan Ratio %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -12.02 16.26 -10.96 -28.06 -6.57

Pegasystems Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Sloan Ratio % Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -34.80 -25.01 -15.77 -6.57 -5.60

Competitive Comparison of Pegasystems's Sloan Ratio %

For the Software - Application subindustry, Pegasystems's Sloan Ratio %, along with its competitors' market caps and Sloan Ratio % data, can be viewed below:

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Pegasystems's Sloan Ratio % Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Pegasystems's Sloan Ratio % distribution charts can be found below:

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Pegasystems Sloan Ratio % Calculation

Earnings contain a lot of non cash earnings which is called accruals. The Sloan ratio is a way to identify firms with low non-cash or accrual-derived earnings relative to their cash flow.

Pegasystems's Sloan Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Sloan Ratio=(Net Income (A: Dec. 2023 )-Cash Flow from Operations (A: Dec. 2023 )
-Cash Flow from Investing (A: Dec. 2023 ))/Total Assets (A: Dec. 2023 )
=(67.808-217.785
--50.75)/1510.736
=-6.57%

Pegasystems's Sloan Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Sloan Ratio=(Net Income (TTM)-Cash Flow from Operations (TTM))
-Cash Flow from Investing (TTM))/Total Assets (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=(76.458-329.824
--168.736)/1511.728
=-5.60%

Pegasystems's Net Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was -46.804 (Jun. 2023 ) + -7.279 (Sep. 2023 ) + 142.665 (Dec. 2023 ) + -12.124 (Mar. 2024 ) = $76 Mil.
Pegasystems's Cash Flow from Operations for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was 45.645 (Jun. 2023 ) + 24.168 (Sep. 2023 ) + 79.865 (Dec. 2023 ) + 180.146 (Mar. 2024 ) = $330 Mil.
Pegasystems's Cash Flow from Investing for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was 30.392 (Jun. 2023 ) + -40.155 (Sep. 2023 ) + -26.574 (Dec. 2023 ) + -132.399 (Mar. 2024 ) = $-169 Mil.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Pegasystems  (NAS:PEGA) Sloan Ratio % Explanation

A former University of Michigan researcher, Richard Sloan's 1996 paper found that shares of companies with small or negative accruals vastly outperform (+10%) those of companies with large ones. In fact, for the 40-year period between 1962 and 2001, buying the lowest accrual companies and shorting the highest accrual companies resulted in an average annual compounded return of 18%, more than double the S&P 500's 7.4% annual return over the same period.

According to How to Beat the Market with the Sloan Ratio:

If the Sloan Ratio is between -10% and 10%, the company is in the safe zone and there is no funny business with accruals.

If the Sloan Ratio is less than between -25% and -10% on the negative side, and between 10% and 25% on the positive side, this is a warning stage of accrual build up.

If the Sloan Ratio is less than -25% or greater than 25%, and this ratio is consistent over several quarters or even years, be careful. Earnings are highly likely to be made up of accruals.

As of Mar. 2024, Pegasystems has a Sloan Ratio of -5.60%, indicating the company is in the safe zone and there is no funny business with accruals.


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Pegasystems (Pegasystems) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
One Main Street, Cambridge, MA, USA, 02142
Founded in 1983, Pegasystems provides a suite of solutions for customer engagement and business process management. The company's key offering is the Pega Infinity platform, which combines business process management, or BPM, with customer relationship management, or CRM, applications. The company focuses on enterprise-size customers, specifically within the financial, insurance, and healthcare verticals.
Executives
Efstathios A Kouninis officer: VP of Finance & CAO 26 GRANDVIEW DRIVE, DOVER NH 03820
Rifat Kerim Akgonul officer: Chief Product Officer ONE ROGERS STREET, CAMBRIDGE MA 02142
Leon Trefler officer: SVP, Global Customer Success 1 MAIN STREET, CAMBRIDGE MA 02142
Kenneth Stillwell officer: CFO, SVP ONE ROGERS STREET, CAMBRDIGE MA 02142
Richard H Jones director C/O PEGASYSTEMS INC, 101 MAIN STREET, CAMBRIDGE MA 02142
John Gerard Higgins officer: Chief, Client &Partner Success C/O PEGASYSTEMS INC., 1 MAIN STREET, CAMBRIDGE MA 02142
Michael R Pyle officer: Senior VP, Engineering C/O PEGASYSTEMS INC, 101 MAIN STREET, CAMBRIGE MA 02142
Christopher Lafond director 56 TOP GALLANT RD, STAMFORD CT 06904
Sharon T Rowlands director 195 BROADWAY, NEW YORK NY 10007
Dianne Ledingham director ONE ROGERS STREET, CAMBRIDGE MA 02142
Larry Weber director C/O MIVA, INC., 5220 SUMMERLIN COMMONS BLVD., SUITE 500, FORT MYERS FL 33907
Douglas I Kra officer: SVP, Global Customer Success 101 MAIN STREET, C/O PEGASYSTEMS INC., CAMBRIDGE MA 02142
Hayden Stafford officer: President ONE ROGERS STREET, CAMBRIDGE MA 02142
Peter Gyenes director 50 WASHINGTON ST, WESBOROUGH MA 012581
Alan Trefler 10 percent owner, officer: C.E.O. & Chairman C/O PEGASYSTEMS INC, 101 MAIN STREET, CAMBRIDGE MA 02142