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Readboy Education Holding Co (HKSE:02385) Sloan Ratio % : -48.41% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Readboy Education Holding Co Sloan Ratio %?

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.

Readboy Education Holding Co's Sloan Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -48.41%.

Warning Sign:

When sloan ratio (-48.41)% higher than 25% or lower than -25%, earnings are more likely to be made up of accruals.

As of Dec. 2023, Readboy Education Holding Co has a Sloan Ratio of -48.41%, indicating earnings are more likely to be made up of accruals.


Readboy Education Holding Co Sloan Ratio % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Readboy Education Holding Co'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.

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Readboy Education Holding Co Sloan Ratio % Chart

Readboy Education Holding Co Annual Data
Trend Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Sloan Ratio %
1.66 -3.35 16.49 42.41 -48.41

Readboy Education Holding Co Semi-Annual Data
Dec19 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
Sloan Ratio % Get a 7-Day Free Trial 16.31 -3.84 42.12 27.99 -48.41

Competitive Comparison of Readboy Education Holding Co's Sloan Ratio %

For the Education & Training Services subindustry, Readboy Education Holding Co'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.


Readboy Education Holding Co's Sloan Ratio % Distribution in the Education Industry

For the Education industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Readboy Education Holding Co's Sloan Ratio % distribution charts can be found below:

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Readboy Education Holding Co 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.

Readboy Education Holding Co's Sloan Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Sloan Ratio=(Net Income (A: Dec. 2023 )-Cash Flow from Operations (A: Dec. 2023 )
-Cash Flow from Investing (A: Dec. 2023 ))/Total Assets (A: Dec. 2023 )
=(-78.147--68.188
-373.285)/791.708
=-48.41%

Readboy Education Holding Co's Sloan Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Sloan Ratio=(Net Income (TTM)-Cash Flow from Operations (TTM))
-Cash Flow from Investing (TTM))/Total Assets (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=(-78.147--68.189
-373.285)/791.708
=-48.41%

For company reported semi-annually, GuruFocus uses latest two semi-annual data as the TTM data. Readboy Education Holding Co's Net Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was -41.244 (Jun. 2023 ) + -36.903 (Dec. 2023 ) = HK$-78.1 Mil.
Readboy Education Holding Co's Cash Flow from Operations for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was -130.487 (Jun. 2023 ) + 62.298 (Dec. 2023 ) = HK$-68.2 Mil.
Readboy Education Holding Co's Cash Flow from Investing for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was 376.652 (Jun. 2023 ) + -3.367 (Dec. 2023 ) = HK$373.3 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.


Readboy Education Holding Co  (HKSE:02385) 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. 2023, Readboy Education Holding Co has a Sloan Ratio of -48.41%, indicating earnings are more likely to be made up of accruals.


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Readboy Education Holding Co (HKSE:02385) Business Description

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Address
No. 38, Changyi Road, Wuguishan, Guangdong Province, Zhongshan, CHN
Readboy Education Holding Co Ltd is an investment holding company engaged in the production and sale of personal student tablets, smart classroom solutions, wearable products, other products, and advertisement and content licensing in the People's Republic of China. The company has five operating segments; Production and sale of personal student tablets, Production and sale of smart classroom solutions, Production and sale of wearable products, Production and sale of other products, and Advertisement and content licensing. It derives a majority of its revenue from the production and sale of personal student tablets in the People's Republic of China.
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Liu Zhilan 2101 Beneficial owner
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