POLBF (Poolbeg Pharma) Sloan Ratio %: -11.11% (As of Dec. 2025)

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What is Poolbeg Pharma Sloan Ratio %?

Poolbeg Pharma POLBF Sloan Ratio % is -11.11% as of Dec. 2025. The stock has 1 warning sign investors should review.

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.

Poolbeg Pharma's Sloan Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2025 was -11.11%.

As of Dec. 2025, Poolbeg Pharma has a Sloan Ratio of -11.11%, indicating there is a warning stage of accrual build up.


Poolbeg Pharma  (OTCPK:POLBF) 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. 2025, Poolbeg Pharma has a Sloan Ratio of -11.11%, indicating there is a warning stage of accrual build up.


Poolbeg Pharma Sloan Ratio % Related Terms


Poolbeg Pharma Sloan Ratio % Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Poolbeg Pharma'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.

Poolbeg Pharma Sloan Ratio % Chart

Poolbeg Pharma Annual Data
Trend Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24 Dec25
Sloan Ratio %
-0.47 0.36 0.59 -14.08 -11.14

Poolbeg Pharma Semi-Annual Data
Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23 Jun24 Dec24 Jun25 Dec25
Sloan Ratio % Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only 0.58 -2.45 -14.09 -8.37 -11.11

POLBF vs VRTX, REGN, ALNY: Sloan Ratio % Comparison

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Poolbeg Pharma'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.


Poolbeg Pharma Sloan Ratio % vs Biotechnology Industry

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Poolbeg Pharma's Sloan Ratio % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Poolbeg Pharma 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.

Poolbeg Pharma's Sloan Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2025 is calculated as

Sloan Ratio=(Net Income (A: Dec. 2025 )-Cash Flow from Operations (A: Dec. 2025 )
-Cash Flow from Investing (A: Dec. 2025 ))/Total Assets (A: Dec. 2025 )
=(-7.624--6.373
-0.232)/13.309
=-11.14%

Poolbeg Pharma's Sloan Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2025 is calculated as

Sloan Ratio=(Net Income (TTM)-Cash Flow from Operations (TTM))
-Cash Flow from Investing (TTM))/Total Assets (Q: Dec. 2025 )
=(-7.663--6.419
-0.234)/13.309
=-11.11%

For company reported semi-annually, GuruFocus uses latest two semi-annual data as the TTM data. Poolbeg Pharma's Net Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2025 was -2.955 (Jun. 2025 ) + -4.708 (Dec. 2025 ) = $-7.66 Mil.
Poolbeg Pharma's Cash Flow from Operations for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2025 was -3.341 (Jun. 2025 ) + -3.078 (Dec. 2025 ) = $-6.42 Mil.
Poolbeg Pharma's Cash Flow from Investing for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2025 was 0.152 (Jun. 2025 ) + 0.082 (Dec. 2025 ) = $0.23 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.

Frequently Asked Questions Learn more about Sloan Ratio % →
What does a Sloan Ratio % of -11.11% mean?
Poolbeg Pharma (POLBF) has a Sloan Ratio % of -11.11% as of Dec. 2025. Sloan ratio measures earnings quality based on the amount of accruals. View historical data on Poolbeg Pharma and its competitors.
Is Poolbeg Pharma's Sloan Ratio % too high?
Poolbeg Pharma's current Sloan Ratio % is -11.11%.
How does Poolbeg Pharma's Sloan Ratio % compare to VRTX and REGN?
Poolbeg Pharma's Sloan Ratio % of -11.11% can be compared against companies in the Biotechnology industry. See the competitive comparison table and distribution chart on this page for a detailed peer-by-peer breakdown.
What is a good Sloan Ratio % for a Biotechnology company?
A good Sloan Ratio % depends on the Biotechnology industry context. However, Sloan Ratio % should not be evaluated in isolation — investors should consider it alongside profitability, growth, and financial strength metrics. Use the industry distribution chart on this page to see where any company falls relative to its peers.
What does a high Sloan Ratio % mean?
A high Sloan Ratio % can signal that a stock is expensive relative to its fundamentals. Sloan ratio measures earnings quality based on the amount of accruals. View historical data on Poolbeg Pharma and its competitors. Poolbeg Pharma's current Sloan Ratio % is -11.11%. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Poolbeg Pharma stock overvalued right now?
Poolbeg Pharma (POLBF) has a current Sloan Ratio % of -11.11%. The current Sloan Ratio % is -11.11%. Investors should evaluate multiple metrics — including profitability, growth, and financial strength — before making a decision.
How is Sloan Ratio % calculated?
Sloan Ratio % is calculated from a company's financial statements. For Poolbeg Pharma (POLBF), the current Sloan Ratio % is -11.11% as of Dec. 2025. GuruFocus calculates this using data sourced from SEC filings and annual reports. See the calculation section and 30-year financial data on this page for the full breakdown.

Poolbeg Pharma Business Description

Other Exchanges POLB:UK7JN:Germany
Address 20 St. Andrew Street, The Clubhouse Holborn, London, GBR, EC4A 3AG
Poolbeg Pharma PLC is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company with a core focus on transforming the cancer immunotherapy field. The Company's main asset, POLB 001, has the potential to expand administration of cancer immunotherapies from centralised specialist cancer centres into community hospitals by making the treatments safer through the prevention of the life-threatening side effect, Cytokine Release Syndrome (CRS). The group is also advancing the development of a patient-friendly therapy for obesity with an oral encapsulated GLP-1, offering a differentiated approach within one of the world's markets. It is focused on partnering its high-value programmes that are targeting large markets and addressing critical unmet medical needs.