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Komatsu (Komatsu) Sloan Ratio %

: 3.67% (As of Dec. 2023)
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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.

Komatsu's Sloan Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 3.67%.

As of Dec. 2023, Komatsu has a Sloan Ratio of 3.67%, indicating the company is in the safe zone and there is no funny business with accruals.


Komatsu Sloan Ratio % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Komatsu'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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Komatsu Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Sloan Ratio %
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.63 1.36 -2.24 1.55 5.94

Komatsu Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Sloan Ratio % 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.56 5.77 4.42 3.26 3.67

Competitive Comparison

For the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery subindustry, Komatsu'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.


Komatsu Sloan Ratio % Distribution

For the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery industry and Industrials sector, Komatsu's Sloan Ratio % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Komatsu's Sloan Ratio % falls into.



Komatsu 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.

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

Sloan Ratio=(Net Income (A: Mar. 2023 )-Cash Flow from Operations (A: Mar. 2023 )
-Cash Flow from Investing (A: Mar. 2023 ))/Total Assets (A: Mar. 2023 )
=(2441.924-1544.721
--1268.237)/36478.304
=5.94%

Komatsu's Sloan Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Sloan Ratio=(Net Income (TTM)-Cash Flow from Operations (TTM))
-Cash Flow from Investing (TTM))/Total Assets (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=(2815.552-2849.902
--1401.926)/37292.43
=3.67%

Komatsu's Net Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was 706.898 (Mar. 2023 ) + 745.815 (Jun. 2023 ) + 677.202 (Sep. 2023 ) + 685.637 (Dec. 2023 ) = $2,816 Mil.
Komatsu's Cash Flow from Operations for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was 923.223 (Mar. 2023 ) + 604.359 (Jun. 2023 ) + 689.114 (Sep. 2023 ) + 633.206 (Dec. 2023 ) = $2,850 Mil.
Komatsu's Cash Flow from Investing for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was -288.865 (Mar. 2023 ) + -278.371 (Jun. 2023 ) + -284.46 (Sep. 2023 ) + -550.23 (Dec. 2023 ) = $-1,402 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.


Komatsu  (OTCPK:KMTUY) 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 Dec. 2023, Komatsu has a Sloan Ratio of 3.67%, indicating the company is in the safe zone and there is no funny business with accruals.


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Komatsu (Komatsu) Business Description

Address
3-6 Akasaka 2-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JPN, 107-8414
Komatsu manufactures and sells construction, mining, utility, forestry, and industrial machinery. It also provides related services such as supplying parts, financing, and maintenance. Its major products are hydraulic excavators, bulldozers, wheel loaders, dump trucks, and motor graders, which focus on surface mining and construction. Through its subsidiary, Komatsu Mining (previously Joy Global before being acquired), the company manufactures and sells surface mining equipment like draglines as well as underground mining machinery such as continuous miners and blasthole drills. The company is headquartered in Tokyo.

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