Westfield Trust (ASX:WFT) Sloan Ratio % : 13.42% (As of Dec. 2003)

Westfield Trust Sloan Ratio % Chart

Westfield Trust Semi-Annual Data
	Dec95	Dec96	Dec97	Dec98	Dec99	Dec00	Dec01	Dec02	Dec03
Sloan Ratio %	Get a 7-Day Free Trial				18.00	9.30	6.24	1.22	13.42

Competitive Comparison of Westfield Trust's Sloan Ratio %

For the Real Estate - Development subindustry, Westfield Trust's Sloan Ratio %, along with its competitors' market caps and Sloan Ratio % data, can be viewed below:

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Westfield Trust's Sloan Ratio % Distribution in the Real Estate Industry

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Westfield Trust 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.

Westfield Trust's Sloan Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2002 is calculated as

Westfield Trust's Sloan Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2003 is calculated as

For company reported annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data. Westfield Trust's Net Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2003 was A$475.80 Mil.
Westfield Trust's Cash Flow from Operations for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2003 was A$631.50 Mil.
Westfield Trust's Cash Flow from Investing for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2003 was A$-274.80 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.

Westfield Trust  (ASX:WFT) 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. 2003, Westfield Trust has a Sloan Ratio of 13.42%, indicating there is a warning stage of accrual build up.

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