Value Line (Value Line) Sloan Ratio % : 10.04% (As of Jan. 2024)

Value Line Sloan Ratio % Chart

Value Line Annual Data
	Trend	Apr14	Apr15	Apr16	Apr17	Apr18	Apr19	Apr20	Apr21	Apr22	Apr23
Sloan Ratio %		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					3.80	8.98	-0.42	1.99	19.84

Value Line Quarterly Data
	Apr19	Jul19	Oct19	Jan20	Apr20	Jul20	Oct20	Jan21	Apr21	Jul21	Oct21	Jan22	Apr22	Jul22	Oct22	Jan23	Apr23	Jul23	Oct23	Jan24
Sloan Ratio %	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															16.12	19.84	8.67	11.36	10.04

Competitive Comparison of Value Line's Sloan Ratio %

For the Financial Data & Stock Exchanges subindustry, Value Line'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.

Value Line's Sloan Ratio % Distribution in the Capital Markets Industry

For the Capital Markets industry and Financial Services sector, Value Line's Sloan Ratio % distribution charts can be found below:

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

Value Line 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.

Value Line's Sloan Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Apr. 2023 is calculated as

Value Line's Sloan Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Value Line's Net Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 was 4.033 (Apr. 2023 ) + 4.859 (Jul. 2023 ) + 3.488 (Oct. 2023 ) + 5.885 (Jan. 2024 ) = $18.27 Mil.
Value Line's Cash Flow from Operations for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 was 4.2 (Apr. 2023 ) + 5.058 (Jul. 2023 ) + 0.705 (Oct. 2023 ) + 8.406 (Jan. 2024 ) = $18.37 Mil.
Value Line's Cash Flow from Investing for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 was -5.894 (Apr. 2023 ) + -0.267 (Jul. 2023 ) + -3.541 (Oct. 2023 ) + -3.911 (Jan. 2024 ) = $-13.61 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.

Value Line  (NAS:VALU) 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 Jan. 2024, Value Line has a Sloan Ratio of 10.04%, indicating there is a warning stage of accrual build up.

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