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Alibaba Health Information Technology (HKSE:00241) Sloan Ratio % : 4.46% (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is Alibaba Health Information Technology 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.

Alibaba Health Information Technology's Sloan Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 4.46%.

As of Sep. 2023, Alibaba Health Information Technology has a Sloan Ratio of 4.46%, indicating the company is in the safe zone and there is no funny business with accruals.


Alibaba Health Information Technology Sloan Ratio % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Alibaba Health Information Technology'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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Alibaba Health Information Technology Sloan Ratio % Chart

Alibaba Health Information Technology Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Sloan Ratio %
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Alibaba Health Information Technology Semi-Annual Data
Mar14 Sep14 Mar15 Sep15 Mar16 Sep16 Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23
Sloan Ratio % Get a 7-Day Free Trial 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 -10.10 -13.09 -0.18 3.87 4.46

Competitive Comparison of Alibaba Health Information Technology's Sloan Ratio %

For the Pharmaceutical Retailers subindustry, Alibaba Health Information Technology's Sloan Ratio %, along with its competitors' market caps and Sloan Ratio % data, can be viewed below:

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Alibaba Health Information Technology's Sloan Ratio % Distribution in the Healthcare Providers & Services Industry

For the Healthcare Providers & Services industry and Healthcare sector, Alibaba Health Information Technology's Sloan Ratio % distribution charts can be found below:

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Alibaba Health Information Technology 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.

Alibaba Health Information Technology'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 )
=(607.548-291.23
--606.442)/23631.661
=3.90%

Alibaba Health Information Technology'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 )
=(901.12-693.472
--818.129)/22998.481
=4.46%

For company reported semi-annually, GuruFocus uses latest two semi-annual data as the TTM data. Alibaba Health Information Technology's Net Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2023 was 422.81 (Mar. 2023 ) + 478.31 (Sep. 2023 ) = HK$901 Mil.
Alibaba Health Information Technology's Cash Flow from Operations for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2023 was -282.88 (Mar. 2023 ) + 976.352 (Sep. 2023 ) = HK$693 Mil.
Alibaba Health Information Technology's Cash Flow from Investing for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2023 was 232.486 (Mar. 2023 ) + -1050.615 (Sep. 2023 ) = HK$-818 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.


Alibaba Health Information Technology  (HKSE:00241) 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, Alibaba Health Information Technology has a Sloan Ratio of 4.46%, indicating the company is in the safe zone and there is no funny business with accruals.


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Alibaba Health Information Technology (HKSE:00241) Business Description

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Guanghua Road, 65/F, CITIC Tower, Building 1, No.10, Jianwai Subdistrict, Chaoyang District, Beijing, CHN
Alibaba Health is of one of China's leading e-commerce platform specializing in healthcare-related products, including prescription drugs, OTC drugs, traditional Chinese medicine, health foods, and so on. The company operates both a third-party B2C service, or 3P, and its own direct-to-consumer business, or 1P, with its own inventory, which can both be accessed by Alibaba's Tmall app and Alipay. The company also provides online consultation services in a separate app called Yilu or "Dr. Deer", although its e-commerce businesses remain its core competency in the long-term. E-commerce accounted for 97% of revenue in fiscal year 2022. We estimate that AliHealth holds about 45% of market share in the industry in terms of GMV. AliHealth is 63.74% owned by its parent company, Alibaba Group.

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