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Zscaler (MEX:ZS) Sloan Ratio % : -3.66% (As of Oct. 2024)


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What is Zscaler 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.

Zscaler's Sloan Ratio for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2024 was -3.66%.

As of Oct. 2024, Zscaler has a Sloan Ratio of -3.66%, indicating the company is in the safe zone and there is no funny business with accruals.


Zscaler Sloan Ratio % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Zscaler'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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Zscaler Sloan Ratio % Chart

Zscaler Annual Data
Trend Jul15 Jul16 Jul17 Jul18 Jul19 Jul20 Jul21 Jul22 Jul23 Jul24
Sloan Ratio %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 46.02 -15.70 -38.35 -11.23 -3.28

Zscaler Quarterly Data
Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24 Apr24 Jul24 Oct24
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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -11.22 -7.01 -0.11 -3.42 -3.66

Competitive Comparison of Zscaler's Sloan Ratio %

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Zscaler'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.


Zscaler's Sloan Ratio % Distribution in the Software Industry

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

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



Zscaler 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.

Zscaler's Sloan Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Jul. 2024 is calculated as

Sloan Ratio=(Net Income (A: Jul. 2024 )-Cash Flow from Operations (A: Jul. 2024 )
-Cash Flow from Investing (A: Jul. 2024 ))/Total Assets (A: Jul. 2024 )
=(-1073.187-14503.186
--12705.44)/87500.642
=-3.28%

Zscaler's Sloan Ratio for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2024 is calculated as

Sloan Ratio=(Net Income (TTM)-Cash Flow from Operations (TTM))
-Cash Flow from Investing (TTM))/Total Assets (Q: Oct. 2024 )
=(-680.745-15822.132
--13047.159)/94327.903
=-3.66%

Zscaler's Net Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Oct. 2024 was -488.989 (Jan. 2024 ) + 326.336 (Apr. 2024 ) + -276.694 (Jul. 2024 ) + -241.398 (Oct. 2024 ) = MXN-681 Mil.
Zscaler's Cash Flow from Operations for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Oct. 2024 was 2440.206 (Jan. 2024 ) + 2959.171 (Apr. 2024 ) + 3785.651 (Jul. 2024 ) + 6637.104 (Oct. 2024 ) = MXN15,822 Mil.
Zscaler's Cash Flow from Investing for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Oct. 2024 was -1480.674 (Jan. 2024 ) + -6147.242 (Apr. 2024 ) + -1379.711 (Jul. 2024 ) + -4039.532 (Oct. 2024 ) = MXN-13,047 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.


Zscaler  (MEX:ZS) 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 Oct. 2024, Zscaler has a Sloan Ratio of -3.66%, indicating the company is in the safe zone and there is no funny business with accruals.


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Zscaler Business Description

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Address
120 Holger Way, San Jose, CA, USA, 95134
Zscaler is a software-as-a-service, or SaaS, firm focusing on providing cloud-native cybersecurity solutions to primarily enterprise customers. Zscaler's offerings can be broadly partitioned into Zscaler Internet Access, which provides secure access to external applications, and Zscaler Private Access, which provides secure access to internal applications. The firm is headquartered in San Jose, California, and went public in 2018.