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.
Zoro Mining's Sloan Ratio for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2012 was 0.00%.
As of Apr. 2012, Zoro Mining has a Sloan Ratio of 0.00%, indicating the company is in the safe zone and there is no funny business with accruals.
Zoro Mining Sloan Ratio % Historical Data
The historical data trend for Zoro Mining'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.
Competitive Comparison of Zoro Mining's Sloan Ratio %
For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, Zoro Mining'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.
Zoro Mining's Sloan Ratio % Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry
For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Zoro Mining's Sloan Ratio % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Zoro Mining's Sloan Ratio % falls into.
Zoro Mining 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.
Zoro Mining's Sloan Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Apr. 2012 is calculated as
For company reported annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data.
Zoro Mining's Net Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Apr. 2012 was $-4.09 Mil.
Zoro Mining's Cash Flow from Operations for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Apr. 2012 was $-1.57 Mil.
Zoro Mining's Cash Flow from Investing for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Apr. 2012 was $0.00 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.
Zoro Mining (OTCPK:ZORM) 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.
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 Apr. 2012, Zoro Mining 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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Zoro Mining Corp was incorporated under the laws of the State of Nevada on April 20, 2004 under the name 'Rockdale Mining Corp'. Effective March 19, 2007, it merged with a wholly-owned subsidiary, Zoro Mining Corp., pursuant to Articles of merger filed with the Nevada Secretary of State. The merger was in the form of a parent/subsidiary merger with Rochdale Mining Corp. as the surviving corporation. Upon completion of the merger, its corporate name was changed to 'Zoro Mining Corp.' and its Articles of Incorporation were amended to reflect this name change. It is a natural resource exploration company currently engaged in the exploration, acquisition and development of property located in South America and Mexico. It plans to conduct exploration programs on its properties with the objective of ascertaining whether any of its properties contain economic concentrations of minerals that are prospective for mining. The Company currently has interests in an aggregate of approximately 27,294 net acres located in Chile, approximately 4,940 net acres in Peru, and a further 6,822 gross acres located in Mexico, targeting gold, copper and platinum. It operates in a highly competitive industry, competing with other mining and exploration mineral companies, and institutional and individual investors, which are actively seeking metal and mineral based exploration properties throughout the world together with the equipment, labor and materials required to exploit such properties. The Company's mineral exploration activities are, or would be, subject to extensive foreign laws and regulations governing prospecting, development, production, exports, taxes, labor standards, occupational health, waste disposal, protection and remediation of the environment, protection of endangered and protected species, mine safety, toxic substances and other matters.
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