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.
TOM Group's Sloan Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -5.66%.
As of Dec. 2023, TOM Group has a Sloan Ratio of -5.66%, indicating the company is in the safe zone and there is no funny business with accruals.
TOM Group Sloan Ratio % Historical Data
The historical data trend for TOM 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 TOM Group's Sloan Ratio %
For the Publishing subindustry, TOM 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.
TOM Group's Sloan Ratio % Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry
For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, TOM Group's Sloan Ratio % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where TOM Group's Sloan Ratio % falls into.
TOM 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.
TOM Group's Sloan Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as
For company reported semi-annually, GuruFocus uses latest two semi-annual data as the TTM data.
TOM Group's Net Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was -94.547 (Jun. 2023 ) + -126.879 (Dec. 2023 ) = HK$-221.4 Mil.
TOM Group's Cash Flow from Operations for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was -30.753 (Jun. 2023 ) + -29.533 (Dec. 2023 ) = HK$-60.3 Mil.
TOM Group's Cash Flow from Investing for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was 71.557 (Jun. 2023 ) + -62.371 (Dec. 2023 ) = HK$9.2 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.
TOM Group (HKSE:02383) 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, TOM Group has a Sloan Ratio of -5.66%, indicating the company is in the safe zone and there is no funny business with accruals.
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TOM Group Ltd is a Chinese media conglomerate with the following operating segments. E-Commerce Group, Mobile Internet Group, Social Network Group, Publishing Group, and Advertising group. The majority is from the Publishing segment which includes magazine and book publishing and circulation, sales of advertising and other related product, and produces books and magazines around Taiwan and China. The Group has two divisions, Technology platform & investments, which include E-commerce, Mobile Internet, and Social network; Media Business, which includes Advertising and Publishing, out of which the majority is from the Media business. Geographically Hong Kong, Mainland China, Taiwan & other Asian country, the majority is from Taiwan & another Asian country.
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