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Pliant Therapeutics (Pliant Therapeutics) Sloan Ratio % : 16.02% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Pliant Therapeutics 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.

Pliant Therapeutics's Sloan Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 16.02%.

As of Dec. 2023, Pliant Therapeutics has a Sloan Ratio of 16.02%, indicating there is a warning stage of accrual build up.


Pliant Therapeutics Sloan Ratio % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Pliant Therapeutics'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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Pliant Therapeutics Sloan Ratio % Chart

Pliant Therapeutics Annual Data
Trend Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Sloan Ratio %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 16.84 69.91 -43.18 34.66 16.02

Pliant Therapeutics Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 34.66 49.77 54.93 19.64 16.02

Competitive Comparison of Pliant Therapeutics's Sloan Ratio %

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Pliant Therapeutics's Sloan Ratio %, along with its competitors' market caps and Sloan Ratio % data, can be viewed below:

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Pliant Therapeutics's Sloan Ratio % Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

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Pliant Therapeutics 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.

Pliant Therapeutics'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 )
=(-161.336--116.361
--127.012)/512.154
=16.02%

Pliant Therapeutics'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 )
=(-161.336--116.361
--127.012)/512.154
=16.02%

Pliant Therapeutics's Net Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was -37.548 (Mar. 2023 ) + -41.192 (Jun. 2023 ) + -41.487 (Sep. 2023 ) + -41.109 (Dec. 2023 ) = $-161.34 Mil.
Pliant Therapeutics's Cash Flow from Operations for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was -30.276 (Mar. 2023 ) + -24.759 (Jun. 2023 ) + -36.224 (Sep. 2023 ) + -25.102 (Dec. 2023 ) = $-116.36 Mil.
Pliant Therapeutics's Cash Flow from Investing for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was -174.208 (Mar. 2023 ) + -22.978 (Jun. 2023 ) + 38.253 (Sep. 2023 ) + 31.921 (Dec. 2023 ) = $-127.01 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.


Pliant Therapeutics  (NAS:PLRX) 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, Pliant Therapeutics has a Sloan Ratio of 16.02%, indicating there is a warning stage of accrual build up.


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Pliant Therapeutics (Pliant Therapeutics) Business Description

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Address
260 Littlefield Avenue, South San Francisco, CA, USA, 94080
Pliant Therapeutics Inc is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing novel therapies for the treatment of fibrosis and related diseases. Its primary product candidate is bexotegrast (PLN-74809), an oral, small molecule, that the company is developing for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, or IPF, and primary sclerosing cholangitis.
Executives
Hans Hull officer: Chief Business Officer C/O AVALANCHE BIOTECHNOLOGIES, INC., 1035 O'BRIEN DRIVE, SUITE A, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Eric Lefebvre officer: Chief Medical Officer C/O TOBIRA THERAPEUTICS, INC., 701 GATEWAY BOULEVARD, #200, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Keith Lamont Cummings officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O PLIANT THERAPEUTICS, INC., 260 LITTLEFIELD AVENUE, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Bernard Coulie director, officer: President and CEO C/O PLIANT THERAPEUTICS, INC., 260 LITTLEFIELD AVENUE, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Mike Ouimette officer: General Counsel C/O PLIANT THERAPEUTICS, INC., 260 LITTLEFIELD AVENUE, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Thomas A Mccourt director C/O IRONWOOD PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 100 SUMMER STREET, SUITE 2300, BOSTON MA 02110
Darren S Cline director 35 CAMBRIDGE PARK DRIVE, CAMBRIDGE MA 02140
Lily Cheung officer: Chief Human Resource Officer 260 LITTLEFIELD AVENUE, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Katharine Knobil director C/O KALEIDO BIOSCIENCES, INC., 65 HAYDEN AVE., LEXINGTON MA 02421
Pyott David E I director C/O ALLERGAN, 2525 DUPONT DRIVE, IRVINE CA 92612
Third Rock Ventures Gp Iv, L.p. 10 percent owner 29 NEWBURY STREET, 3RD FLOOR, BOSTON MA 02116
Kevin P Starr 10 percent owner 29 NEWBURY STREET, 3RD FLOOR, BOSTON MA 02116
Smital Shah director C/O PLIANT THERAPEUTICS, INC., 260 LITTLEFIELD AVENUE, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Suzanne Louise Bruhn director C/O AEGLEA BIOTHERAPEUTICS, INC., 901 S. MOPAC EXPRESSWAY, SUITE 250, AUSTIN TX 78746
Redmile Group, Llc 10 percent owner ONE LETTERMAN DRIVE, BUILDING D, SUITE D3-300, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94129

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