WEJOF (Wejo Group) Sloan Ratio %: -322.85% (As of Mar. 2023)

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What is Wejo Group Sloan Ratio %?

Wejo Group WEJOF Sloan Ratio % is -322.85% as of Mar. 2023.

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.

Wejo Group's Sloan Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2023 was -322.85%.

As of Mar. 2023, Wejo Group has a Sloan Ratio of -322.85%, indicating earnings are more likely to be made up of accruals.


Wejo Group  (OTCPK:WEJOF) 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 Mar. 2023, Wejo Group has a Sloan Ratio of -322.85%, indicating earnings are more likely to be made up of accruals.


Wejo Group Sloan Ratio % Related Terms


Wejo Group Sloan Ratio % Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Wejo Group'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.

Wejo Group Sloan Ratio % Chart

Wejo Group Annual Data
Trend Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
Sloan Ratio %
9.13 -113.83 -76.01 -227.66

Wejo Group Quarterly Data
Dec19 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23
Sloan Ratio % Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -30.93 -134.56 -170.70 -227.66 -322.85

WEJOF vs SOLS, BTOW, IRNTQ: Sloan Ratio % Comparison

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Wejo Group'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.


Wejo Group Sloan Ratio % vs Software Industry

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

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



Wejo Group 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.

Wejo Group's Sloan Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022 is calculated as

Sloan Ratio=(Net Income (A: Dec. 2022 )-Cash Flow from Operations (A: Dec. 2022 )
-Cash Flow from Investing (A: Dec. 2022 ))/Total Assets (A: Dec. 2022 )
=(-159.253--85.501
--2.876)/31.133
=-227.66%

Wejo Group's Sloan Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as

Sloan Ratio=(Net Income (TTM)-Cash Flow from Operations (TTM))
-Cash Flow from Investing (TTM))/Total Assets (Q: Mar. 2023 )
=(-149.909--74.442
--2.567)/22.58
=-322.85%

Wejo Group's Net Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2023 was -55.393 (Jun. 2022 ) + -31.466 (Sep. 2022 ) + -32.052 (Dec. 2022 ) + -30.998 (Mar. 2023 ) = $-149.91 Mil.
Wejo Group's Cash Flow from Operations for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2023 was -21.796 (Jun. 2022 ) + -21.978 (Sep. 2022 ) + -18.412 (Dec. 2022 ) + -12.256 (Mar. 2023 ) = $-74.44 Mil.
Wejo Group's Cash Flow from Investing for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2023 was -0.788 (Jun. 2022 ) + -0.833 (Sep. 2022 ) + -0.448 (Dec. 2022 ) + -0.498 (Mar. 2023 ) = $-2.57 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 -322.85% mean?
Wejo Group (WEJOF) has a Sloan Ratio % of -322.85% as of Mar. 2023. Sloan ratio measures earnings quality based on the amount of accruals. View historical data on Wejo Group and its competitors.
Is Wejo Group's Sloan Ratio % too high?
Wejo Group's current Sloan Ratio % is -322.85%.
How does Wejo Group's Sloan Ratio % compare to SOLS and BTOW?
Wejo Group's Sloan Ratio % of -322.85% can be compared against companies in the Software 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 Software company?
A good Sloan Ratio % depends on the Software 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 Wejo Group and its competitors. Wejo Group's current Sloan Ratio % is -322.85%. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Wejo Group stock overvalued right now?
Wejo Group (WEJOF) has a current Sloan Ratio % of -322.85%. The current Sloan Ratio % is -322.85%. 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 Wejo Group (WEJOF), the current Sloan Ratio % is -322.85% as of Mar. 2023. 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.

Wejo Group Business Description

Address 22 Victoria Street, Canon’s Court, Hamilton, BMU, HM12
Wejo Group Ltd provides software and technology solutions to various market verticals in combination with services that utilize ingested and standardized connected vehicle and other high volume, high value datasets through its proprietary cloud software and analytics platform, Wejo Neural Edge (which includes Wejo ADEPT platform). The Company's sector solutions, delivered at this time in North America and Europe, provide valuable insights to its customers in public and private organizations, including, but not limited to, OEMs, first-tier (Tier 1) automotive suppliers, fleet management companies (Fleets), departments of transportation, retailers, mapping companies, universities, insurance companies, advertising firms, construction firms and research departments.