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WAG Payment Solutions (LSE:WPS) Sloan Ratio % : 0.00% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is WAG Payment Solutions 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.

WAG Payment Solutions's Sloan Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.00%.

As of Dec. 2023, WAG Payment Solutions has a Sloan Ratio of 0.00%, indicating the company is in the safe zone and there is no funny business with accruals.


WAG Payment Solutions Sloan Ratio % Historical Data

The historical data trend for WAG Payment Solutions'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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WAG Payment Solutions Sloan Ratio % Chart

WAG Payment Solutions Annual Data
Trend Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Sloan Ratio %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 15.92 -7.20 7.70 8.38 22.47

WAG Payment Solutions Semi-Annual Data
Dec18 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
Sloan Ratio % Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 7.74 7.29 8.32 28.29 -

Competitive Comparison of WAG Payment Solutions's Sloan Ratio %

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

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WAG Payment Solutions's Sloan Ratio % Distribution in the Software Industry

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

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WAG Payment Solutions 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.

WAG Payment Solutions's Sloan Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Sloan Ratio=(Net Income (A: Dec. 2023 )-Cash Flow from Operations (A: Dec. 2023 )
-Cash Flow from Investing (A: Dec. 2023 ))/Total Assets (A: Dec. 2023 )
=(-39.316-26.634
--287.505)/985.852
=22.47%

WAG Payment Solutions's Sloan Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Sloan Ratio=(Net Income (TTM)-Cash Flow from Operations (TTM))
-Cash Flow from Investing (TTM))/Total Assets (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=(4.501-1.288
--254.885)/985.852
=26.18%

For company reported semi-annually, GuruFocus uses latest two semi-annual data as the TTM data. WAG Payment Solutions's Net Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was 4.501 (Jun. 2023 ) + 0 (Dec. 2023 ) = £5 Mil.
WAG Payment Solutions's Cash Flow from Operations for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.288 (Jun. 2023 ) + 0 (Dec. 2023 ) = £1 Mil.
WAG Payment Solutions's Cash Flow from Investing for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was -254.885 (Jun. 2023 ) + 0 (Dec. 2023 ) = £-255 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.


WAG Payment Solutions  (LSE:WPS) 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 Dec. 2023, WAG Payment Solutions has a Sloan Ratio of 0.00%, indicating the company is in the safe zone and there is no funny business with accruals.


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WAG Payment Solutions (LSE:WPS) Business Description

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1 Albemarle Street, Third Floor (East), Albemarle House, London, GBR, W1S 4HA
WAG Payment Solutions PLC, formerly Eurowag is a pan-European integrated payment & mobility platform focused on the commercial road transport industry. The group's business involves the provision of services to the CRT industry which are focused on two primary segments: Payment solutions, comprising energy payments through pre-pay or post-pay fuel cards and toll payments; and Mobility solutions, comprising tax refund services; telematics; smart routing apps; and other adjacent services.

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