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ASOS (ASOMF) Sloan Ratio % : -14.80% (As of Feb. 2024)


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What is ASOS 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.

ASOS's Sloan Ratio for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was -14.80%.

As of Feb. 2024, ASOS has a Sloan Ratio of -14.80%, indicating there is a warning stage of accrual build up.


ASOS Sloan Ratio % Historical Data

The historical data trend for ASOS'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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ASOS Sloan Ratio % Chart

ASOS Annual Data
Trend Aug14 Aug15 Aug16 Aug17 Aug18 Aug19 Aug20 Aug21 Aug22 Aug23
Sloan Ratio %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 12.57 -8.74 12.36 9.06 -2.52

ASOS Semi-Annual Data
Aug14 Feb15 Aug15 Feb16 Aug16 Feb17 Aug17 Feb18 Aug18 Feb19 Aug19 Feb20 Aug20 Feb21 Aug21 Feb22 Aug22 Feb23 Aug23 Feb24
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 6.80 10.03 2.50 -2.56 -14.80

Competitive Comparison of ASOS's Sloan Ratio %

For the Internet Retail subindustry, ASOS'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.


ASOS's Sloan Ratio % Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, ASOS's Sloan Ratio % distribution charts can be found below:

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



ASOS 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.

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

Sloan Ratio=(Net Income (A: Aug. 2023 )-Cash Flow from Operations (A: Aug. 2023 )
-Cash Flow from Investing (A: Aug. 2023 ))/Total Assets (A: Aug. 2023 )
=(-283.482-20.839
--220.33)/3336.213
=-2.52%

ASOS's Sloan Ratio for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as

Sloan Ratio=(Net Income (TTM)-Cash Flow from Operations (TTM))
-Cash Flow from Investing (TTM))/Total Assets (Q: Feb. 2024 )
=(-313.297-301.413
--179.276)/2942.172
=-14.80%

For company reported semi-annually, GuruFocus uses latest two semi-annual data as the TTM data. ASOS's Net Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2024 was -6.226 (Aug. 2023 ) + -307.071 (Feb. 2024 ) = $-313 Mil.
ASOS's Cash Flow from Operations for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2024 was 183.736 (Aug. 2023 ) + 117.677 (Feb. 2024 ) = $301 Mil.
ASOS's Cash Flow from Investing for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2024 was -77.382 (Aug. 2023 ) + -101.894 (Feb. 2024 ) = $-179 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.


ASOS  (OTCPK:ASOMF) 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 Feb. 2024, ASOS has a Sloan Ratio of -14.80%, indicating there is a warning stage of accrual build up.


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ASOS (ASOMF) Business Description

Address
Hampstead Road, Greater London House, London, GBR, NW1 7FB
Asos is a global e-commerce player focusing on fashion and cosmetics and targeting the youth segment (20-somethings) globally. Of its revenue, 45% comes from its U.K. home market, 30% from other European Union countries, 13% from the United States, 12% from the rest of the world. The company ships to 240 countries from its three warehouses located in the U.K., continental Europe, and the United States. It offers over 85 000 products on its website from third-party brands and its own labels (Asos Design, Collusion).

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