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.
OTC Markets Group's Sloan Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -0.21%.
As of Dec. 2023, OTC Markets Group has a Sloan Ratio of -0.21%, indicating the company is in the safe zone and there is no funny business with accruals.
OTC Markets Group Sloan Ratio % Historical Data
The historical data trend for OTC Markets Group'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 OTC Markets Group's Sloan Ratio %
For the Financial Data & Stock Exchanges subindustry, OTC Markets Group'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.
OTC Markets Group's Sloan Ratio % Distribution in the Capital Markets Industry
For the Capital Markets industry and Financial Services sector, OTC Markets Group's Sloan Ratio % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where OTC Markets Group's Sloan Ratio % falls into.
OTC Markets Group 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.
OTC Markets Group's Sloan Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as
OTC Markets Group's Net Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was 6.319 (Mar. 2023 ) + 6.96 (Jun. 2023 ) + 7.381 (Sep. 2023 ) + 7.001 (Dec. 2023 ) = $27.7 Mil.
OTC Markets Group's Cash Flow from Operations for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was -0.416 (Mar. 2023 ) + 4.697 (Jun. 2023 ) + 7.909 (Sep. 2023 ) + 20.846 (Dec. 2023 ) = $33.0 Mil.
OTC Markets Group's Cash Flow from Investing for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was -1.025 (Mar. 2023 ) + -0.26 (Jun. 2023 ) + -2.257 (Sep. 2023 ) + -1.647 (Dec. 2023 ) = $-5.2 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.
OTC Markets Group (OTCPK:OTCM) 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, OTC Markets Group has a Sloan Ratio of -0.21%, indicating the company is in the safe zone and there is no funny business with accruals.
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OTC Markets Group (OTC Markets Group) Business Description
OTC Markets Group Inc operates financial markets for securities in the U.S and globally. The firm mainly operates OTCQX best market, OTCQB venture market and Pink open market. It has OTC link ATS, market data licensing and corporate services business lines. The activities of these business lines encompass quotation and trade messaging services, network-based platform, access to market data, a suite of market data licenses and disclosure and information services. It derives a majority of revenue from the U.S.
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