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Meikles (LSE:MIK) Sloan Ratio % : 5.68% (As of Aug. 2023)


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What is Meikles Sloan Ratio %?

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.

Meikles's Sloan Ratio for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2023 was 5.68%.

As of Aug. 2023, Meikles has a Sloan Ratio of 5.68%, indicating the company is in the safe zone and there is no funny business with accruals.


Meikles Sloan Ratio % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Meikles'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.

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Meikles Sloan Ratio % Chart

Meikles Annual Data
Trend Dec08 Dec09 Mar11 Mar12 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21
Sloan Ratio %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 25.08 -1.45 0.82 3.17 -3.10

Meikles Semi-Annual Data
Dec09 Mar11 Mar12 Sep12 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Aug23
Sloan Ratio % Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -3.10 -23.80 -4.59 0.18 5.68

Competitive Comparison of Meikles's Sloan Ratio %

For the Department Stores subindustry, Meikles'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.


Meikles's Sloan Ratio % Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Meikles's Sloan Ratio % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Meikles's Sloan Ratio % falls into.



Meikles 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.

Meikles's Sloan Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2021 is calculated as

Sloan Ratio=(Net Income (A: Mar. 2021 )-Cash Flow from Operations (A: Mar. 2021 )
-Cash Flow from Investing (A: Mar. 2021 ))/Total Assets (A: Mar. 2021 )
=(1.351-10.672
--6.416)/93.662
=-3.10%

Meikles's Sloan Ratio for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2023 is calculated as

Sloan Ratio=(Net Income (TTM)-Cash Flow from Operations (TTM))
-Cash Flow from Investing (TTM))/Total Assets (Q: Aug. 2023 )
=(15.175-8.996
--76.729)/1459.861
=5.68%

For company reported semi-annually, GuruFocus uses latest two semi-annual data as the TTM data. Meikles's Net Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Aug. 2023 was 3.302 (Sep. 2022 ) + 11.873 (Aug. 2023 ) = $15 Mil.
Meikles's Cash Flow from Operations for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Aug. 2023 was 12.154 (Sep. 2022 ) + -3.158 (Aug. 2023 ) = $9 Mil.
Meikles's Cash Flow from Investing for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Aug. 2023 was -11.033 (Sep. 2022 ) + -65.696 (Aug. 2023 ) = $-77 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.


Meikles  (LSE:MIK) 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 Aug. 2023, Meikles has a Sloan Ratio of 5.68%, indicating the company is in the safe zone and there is no funny business with accruals.


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Meikles (LSE:MIK) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
4 Steppes Road, Highlands, Harare, ZWE
Meikles Ltd is a Zimbabwe-based investment holding company. Its business segments include Supermarkets, Hotels, properties, and security guard operations. It is organized into two geographical segments, Zimbabwe, and non-Zimbabwe. The majority of its revenue is generated from the Supermarkets segment within Zimbabwe.