What is Franklin Financial Services 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.
As of Dec. 2023, Franklin Financial Services has a Sloan Ratio of 9.00%, indicating the company is in the safe zone and there is no funny business with accruals.
Franklin Financial Services Sloan Ratio % Historical Data
* 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 Franklin Financial Services's Sloan Ratio %
For the Banks - Regional subindustry, Franklin Financial Services'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.
Franklin Financial Services's Sloan Ratio % Distribution in the Banks Industry
For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, Franklin Financial Services's Sloan Ratio % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Franklin Financial Services's Sloan Ratio % falls into.
Franklin Financial Services 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.
Franklin Financial Services's Net Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was 3.292 (Mar. 2023 ) + 2.976 (Jun. 2023 ) + 3.859 (Sep. 2023 ) + 3.471 (Dec. 2023 ) = $13.60 Mil.
Franklin Financial Services's Cash Flow from Operations for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was 7.717 (Mar. 2023 ) + 5.668 (Jun. 2023 ) + 7.257 (Sep. 2023 ) + 5.923 (Dec. 2023 ) = $26.57 Mil.
Franklin Financial Services's Cash Flow from Investing for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was 14.715 (Mar. 2023 ) + -55.482 (Jun. 2023 ) + -91.315 (Sep. 2023 ) + -46.185 (Dec. 2023 ) = $-178.27 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.
Franklin Financial Services (NAS:FRAF) 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, Franklin Financial Services has a Sloan Ratio of 9.00%, indicating the company is in the safe zone and there is no funny business with accruals.
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Franklin Financial Services (Franklin Financial Services) Business Description
Franklin Financial Services Corp is a bank holding company based in the United States. It is engaged in general commercial, retail banking and trust services normally associated with community banks. It offers a broad range of banking services to businesses, individuals, and governmental entities which includes accepting and maintaining checking, savings, and time deposit accounts, providing investment and trust services, making loans and providing safe deposit facilities. The bank also performs personal, corporate, pension and fiduciary services through its Investment and Trust Services Department.
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