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.
Utah Medical Products's Sloan Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -3.70%.
As of Dec. 2023, Utah Medical Products has a Sloan Ratio of -3.70%, indicating the company is in the safe zone and there is no funny business with accruals.
Utah Medical Products Sloan Ratio % Historical Data
The historical data trend for Utah Medical Products'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.
Competitive Comparison of Utah Medical Products's Sloan Ratio %
For the Medical Instruments & Supplies subindustry, Utah Medical Products's Sloan Ratio %, along with its competitors' market caps and Sloan Ratio % data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Utah Medical Products's Sloan Ratio % Distribution in the Medical Devices & Instruments Industry
For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, Utah Medical Products's Sloan Ratio % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Utah Medical Products's Sloan Ratio % falls into.
Utah Medical Products 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.
Utah Medical Products's Sloan Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as
Utah Medical Products's Net Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was 4.214 (Mar. 2023 ) + 4.2 (Jun. 2023 ) + 3.935 (Sep. 2023 ) + 4.286 (Dec. 2023 ) = $16.64 Mil.
Utah Medical Products's Cash Flow from Operations for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was 6.915 (Mar. 2023 ) + 4.913 (Jun. 2023 ) + 5.121 (Sep. 2023 ) + 5.332 (Dec. 2023 ) = $22.28 Mil.
Utah Medical Products's Cash Flow from Investing for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was -0.043 (Mar. 2023 ) + -0.32 (Jun. 2023 ) + -0.186 (Sep. 2023 ) + -0.09 (Dec. 2023 ) = $-0.64 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.
Utah Medical Products (NAS:UTMD) 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.
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 Dec. 2023, Utah Medical Products has a Sloan Ratio of -3.70%, indicating the company is in the safe zone and there is no funny business with accruals.
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Utah Medical Products (Utah Medical Products) Business Description
Utah Medical Products Inc is involved in the business of developing, manufacturing, and distributing medical devices that are mainly proprietary, disposable and for hospital use. The firm produces its products for Blood pressure monitoring, Blood collection, Electrosurgery, Gynecology, Neonatal critical care, perinatology, and Urology. The company's product portfolio includes Electrosurgical pens, Tenacula, Endoscopic bulb irrigators, Blood bag spikes. Its products are used mainly in critical care areas, labor and delivery departments of hospitals as well as outpatient clinics and physicians offices.
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