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General Mills Sloan Ratio %

: -3.27% (As of May. 2020)
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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.

General Mills's Sloan Ratio for the quarter that ended in May. 2020 was -3.27%.

As of May. 2020, General Mills has a Sloan Ratio of -3.27%, indicating the company is in the safe zone and there is no funny business with accruals.

General Mills Sloan Ratio % Historical Data

* All numbers are in millions except for per share data and ratio. All numbers are in their local exchange's currency.

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General Mills Annual Data
May11 May12 May13 May14 May15 May16 May17 May18 May19 May20
Sloan Ratio % Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -5.34 -0.51 26.04 -1.65 -3.27

General Mills Quarterly Data
Aug15 Nov15 Feb16 May16 Aug16 Nov16 Feb17 May17 Aug17 Nov17 Feb18 May18 Aug18 Nov18 Feb19 May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20
Sloan Ratio % 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -1.65 -1.29 -1.07 -1.19 -3.27
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General Mills Sloan Ratio % Distribution

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General Mills 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.

General Mills's Sloan Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in May. 2020 is calculated as

Sloan Ratio=(Net Income (A: )-Cash Flow from Operations (A: May. 2020 )
-Cash Flow from Investing (A: May. 2020 ))/Total Assets (A: May. 2020 )
=(2181.2-3676.2
--486.2)/30806.7
=-3.27%

General Mills's Sloan Ratio for the quarter that ended in May. 2020 is calculated as

Sloan Ratio=(Net Income (TTM)-Cash Flow from Operations (TTM})
-Cash Flow from Investing (TTM))/Total Assets (Q: May. 2020 )
=(2181.2-3676.2
--486.2)/30806.7
=-3.27%

General Mills's Net Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in May. 2020 was 520.6 (Aug. 2019 ) + 580.8 (Nov. 2019 ) + 454.1 (Feb. 2020 ) + 625.7 (May. 2020 ) = $2,181 Mil.
General Mills's Cash Flow from Operations for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in May. 2020 was 572.1 (Aug. 2019 ) + 884.5 (Nov. 2019 ) + 703.2 (Feb. 2020 ) + 1516.4 (May. 2020 ) = $3,676 Mil.
{{stock_data.stock.company}'s Cash Flow from Investing for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in May. 2020 was -83.7 (Aug. 2019 ) + -79 (Nov. 2019 ) + -141.9 (Feb. 2020 ) + -181.6 (May. 2020 ) = $-486 Mil.

* All numbers are in millions except for per share data and ratio. All numbers are in their local exchange's currency.

General Mills  (NYSE:GIS) 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 May. 2020, General Mills has a Sloan Ratio of -3.27%, indicating the company is in the safe zone and there is no funny business with accruals.

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