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.
BlackSky Technology's Sloan Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was -3.28%.
As of Mar. 2024, BlackSky Technology has a Sloan Ratio of -3.28%, indicating the company is in the safe zone and there is no funny business with accruals.
BlackSky Technology Sloan Ratio % Historical Data
The historical data trend for BlackSky Technology'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 BlackSky Technology's Sloan Ratio %
For the Scientific & Technical Instruments subindustry, BlackSky Technology'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.
BlackSky Technology's Sloan Ratio % Distribution in the Hardware Industry
For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, BlackSky Technology's Sloan Ratio % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where BlackSky Technology's Sloan Ratio % falls into.
BlackSky Technology 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.
BlackSky Technology's Sloan Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as
BlackSky Technology's Net Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was -33.431 (Jun. 2023 ) + 0.675 (Sep. 2023 ) + -3.788 (Dec. 2023 ) + -15.81 (Mar. 2024 ) = $-52.4 Mil.
BlackSky Technology's Cash Flow from Operations for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.977 (Jun. 2023 ) + -0.173 (Sep. 2023 ) + -1.623 (Dec. 2023 ) + -3.81 (Mar. 2024 ) = $-4.6 Mil.
BlackSky Technology's Cash Flow from Investing for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was -17.173 (Jun. 2023 ) + -8.279 (Sep. 2023 ) + -0.277 (Dec. 2023 ) + -15.108 (Mar. 2024 ) = $-40.8 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.
BlackSky Technology (NYSE:BKSY) 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 Mar. 2024, BlackSky Technology has a Sloan Ratio of -3.28%, indicating the company is in the safe zone and there is no funny business with accruals.
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BlackSky Technology (BlackSky Technology) Business Description
BlackSky Technology Inc is a provider of real-time geospatial intelligence. The company delivers on-demand, high-frequency imagery, monitoring, and analytics of some of the critical and strategic locations, economic assets, and events in the world. It designs, owns, and operates one of the industry's low earth orbit (LEO) small satellite constellations, optimized to capture imagery cost-efficiently where and when its customers need it. its Spectra AI software platform processes data from BlackSky's constellation and from other third-party sensors to develop the critical insights and analytics that provide its customers with the actionable intelligence. Geographically, the company operates in North America, the Middle East, Asia, and Others.
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