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Arabian Contracting Services Co (SAU:4071) Sloan Ratio % : 26.52% (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Arabian Contracting Services 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.

Arabian Contracting Services Co's Sloan Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 26.52%.

As of Mar. 2024, Arabian Contracting Services Co has a Sloan Ratio of 26.52%, indicating there is a warning stage of accrual build up.


Arabian Contracting Services Co Sloan Ratio % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Arabian Contracting Services 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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Arabian Contracting Services Co Sloan Ratio % Chart

Arabian Contracting Services Co Annual Data
Trend Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Sloan Ratio %
-20.28 2.35 -6.70 23.94

Arabian Contracting Services Co Quarterly Data
Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 -11.34 -10.13 -9.22 23.94 26.52

Competitive Comparison of Arabian Contracting Services Co's Sloan Ratio %

For the Advertising Agencies subindustry, Arabian Contracting Services 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.


Arabian Contracting Services Co's Sloan Ratio % Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Arabian Contracting Services Co's Sloan Ratio % distribution charts can be found below:

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Arabian Contracting Services 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.

Arabian Contracting Services 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 )
=(318.237-347.753
--1117.768)/4545.374
=23.94%

Arabian Contracting Services Co's Sloan Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Sloan Ratio=(Net Income (TTM)-Cash Flow from Operations (TTM))
-Cash Flow from Investing (TTM))/Total Assets (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=(328.238-180.139
--1144.743)/4874.778
=26.52%

Arabian Contracting Services Co's Net Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was 85.04 (Jun. 2023 ) + 62.934 (Sep. 2023 ) + 79.441 (Dec. 2023 ) + 100.823 (Mar. 2024 ) = ﷼328 Mil.
Arabian Contracting Services Co's Cash Flow from Operations for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was 111.72 (Jun. 2023 ) + 149.077 (Sep. 2023 ) + -91.601 (Dec. 2023 ) + 10.943 (Mar. 2024 ) = ﷼180 Mil.
Arabian Contracting Services Co's Cash Flow from Investing for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was -12.775 (Jun. 2023 ) + -14.465 (Sep. 2023 ) + -1082.559 (Dec. 2023 ) + -34.944 (Mar. 2024 ) = ﷼-1,145 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.


Arabian Contracting Services Co  (SAU:4071) 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 Mar. 2024, Arabian Contracting Services Co has a Sloan Ratio of 26.52%, indicating there is a warning stage of accrual build up.


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Arabian Contracting Services Co (SAU:4071) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
Olaya Towers, Tower B, Floor 33, P.O.Box 55905, Riyadh, SAU, 11544
Arabian Contracting Services Co in setting up and operating outdoor advertising billboards, including roadside advertising and indoor advertising. In roadside advertising, the company participates in the tenders organized by various secretariat, municipalities, and government agencies in all provinces and cities of Saudi Arabia to lease and invest in the many sites belonging to these agencies and secretariat by installing billboards in them and selling these billboards advertising spaces to their clients.

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