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Bens Creek Group (Bens Creek Group) Sloan Ratio % : -13.85% (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is Bens Creek Group 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.

Bens Creek Group's Sloan Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was -13.85%.

As of Sep. 2023, Bens Creek Group has a Sloan Ratio of -13.85%, indicating there is a warning stage of accrual build up.


Bens Creek Group Sloan Ratio % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Bens Creek Group's Sloan Ratio % can be seen below:

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Bens Creek Group Sloan Ratio % Chart

Bens Creek Group Annual Data
Trend Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Sloan Ratio %
9.13 51.72 -0.20

Bens Creek Group Semi-Annual Data
Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23
Sloan Ratio % Get a 7-Day Free Trial - - - -0.19 -13.85

Competitive Comparison of Bens Creek Group's Sloan Ratio %

For the Coking Coal subindustry, Bens Creek Group's Sloan Ratio %, along with its competitors' market caps and Sloan Ratio % data, can be viewed below:

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Bens Creek Group's Sloan Ratio % Distribution in the Steel Industry

For the Steel industry and Basic Materials sector, Bens Creek Group's Sloan Ratio % distribution charts can be found below:

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Bens Creek 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.

Bens Creek Group's Sloan Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as

Sloan Ratio=(Net Income (A: Mar. 2023 )-Cash Flow from Operations (A: Mar. 2023 )
-Cash Flow from Investing (A: Mar. 2023 ))/Total Assets (A: Mar. 2023 )
=(-24.167--6.118
--17.892)/80.143
=-0.20%

Bens Creek Group's Sloan Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Sloan Ratio=(Net Income (TTM)-Cash Flow from Operations (TTM))
-Cash Flow from Investing (TTM))/Total Assets (Q: Sep. 2023 )
=(-26.385--2.106
--13.391)/78.637
=-13.85%

For company reported semi-annually, GuruFocus uses latest two semi-annual data as the TTM data. Bens Creek Group's Net Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2023 was -13.277 (Mar. 2023 ) + -13.108 (Sep. 2023 ) = $-26.39 Mil.
Bens Creek Group's Cash Flow from Operations for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2023 was 0.284 (Mar. 2023 ) + -2.39 (Sep. 2023 ) = $-2.11 Mil.
Bens Creek Group's Cash Flow from Investing for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2023 was -10.368 (Mar. 2023 ) + -3.023 (Sep. 2023 ) = $-13.39 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.


Bens Creek Group  (OTCPK:BENCF) 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 Sep. 2023, Bens Creek Group has a Sloan Ratio of -13.85%, indicating there is a warning stage of accrual build up.


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Bens Creek Group (Bens Creek Group) Business Description

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Address
15 Stratton Street, London, GBR, W1J 8LQ
Bens Creek Group PLC owns and operates metallurgical coal mines in North America. Its main country of operation is the United States of America. The company is engaged in Ben's creek mining project situated in the southern part of the state of West Virginia and the eastern edge of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The company has two geographical segment, the United Kingdom and the United States of America ("USA"). Activities in the UK are mainly administrative in nature whilst the activities in the USA relate to coal production and sale of coal. Geographically the company derives the majority of its revenue from USA.

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