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.
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Affinity Education Group Sloan Ratio % Chart
Affinity Education Group Annual Data
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Dec14
Sloan Ratio %
46.06
Affinity Education Group Semi-Annual Data
Jun14
Dec14
Jun15
Sloan Ratio %
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42.75
Competitive Comparison of Affinity Education Group's Sloan Ratio %
For the Personal Services subindustry, Affinity Education 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.
Affinity Education Group's Sloan Ratio % Distribution in the Personal Services Industry
For the Personal Services industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Affinity Education Group's Sloan Ratio % distribution charts can be found below:
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Affinity Education 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.
Affinity Education Group's Sloan Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2014 is calculated as
* 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.
Affinity Education Group (FRA:A0J) 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 Jun. 2015, Affinity Education Group has a Sloan Ratio of 42.75%, indicating earnings are more likely to be made up of accruals.
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Affinity Education Group (FRA:A0J) Business Description
Affinity Education Group Ltd was incorporated on 21st May, 2013. The Company provides education and care to children aged six weeks to 12 years. Provision of these services includes long day care, before and after school care and occasional care. Its segments include Long day care centers, Outside school-hours care, Family day care, and Occasional care. Long day care centers are set up to primarily offer care to below school age children with working parents. The care can be both full-and-part time. Outside school-hours care provides before and after school short-term care to children of primary school age. Vacation care is also considered part of this segment, providing child care services to parents during school holidays. Family day care is the only area of child care approved under the National Quality Framework that takes place outside of a center, with care provided in the home of an approved educator. This type of care can be all day, part time, occasional or outside school hours. Occasional care offers child care services for children on a casual basis. Centers offering occasional services are primarily set up to provide flexibility to parents with irregular working hours or short-term needs. As with family day care, occasional care is a capped program.
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