Allocate Software (LSE:ALLA) Sloan Ratio % : -0.56% (As of May. 2014)

Allocate Software Sloan Ratio % Chart

Allocate Software Annual Data
	Trend	May05	May06	May07	May08	May09	May10	May11	May12	May13	May14
Sloan Ratio %		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					28.36	-11.07	1.45	-17.20	-0.56

Allocate Software Semi-Annual Data
	Nov04	May05	Nov05	May06	Nov06	May07	Nov07	May08	Nov08	May09	Nov09	May10	Nov10	May11	Nov11	May12	Nov12	May13	Nov13	May14
Sloan Ratio %	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															1.45	-8.95	-17.20	-13.43	-0.56

Competitive Comparison of Allocate Software's Sloan Ratio %

For the Software - Application subindustry, Allocate Software's Sloan Ratio %, along with its competitors' market caps and Sloan Ratio % data, can be viewed below:

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Allocate Software's Sloan Ratio % Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Allocate Software's Sloan Ratio % distribution charts can be found below:

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Allocate Software 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.

Allocate Software's Sloan Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in May. 2014 is calculated as

Allocate Software's Sloan Ratio for the quarter that ended in May. 2014 is calculated as

For company reported semi-annually, GuruFocus uses latest two semi-annual data as the TTM data. Allocate Software's Net Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in May. 2014 was -0.959 (Nov. 2013 ) + 4.399 (May. 2014 ) = £3.44 Mil.
Allocate Software's Cash Flow from Operations for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in May. 2014 was -1.826 (Nov. 2013 ) + 6.731 (May. 2014 ) = £4.91 Mil.
Allocate Software's Cash Flow from Investing for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in May. 2014 was -0.916 (Nov. 2013 ) + -0.311 (May. 2014 ) = £-1.23 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.

Allocate Software  (LSE:ALLA) 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 May. 2014, Allocate Software has a Sloan Ratio of -0.56%, indicating the company is in the safe zone and there is no funny business with accruals.

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