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.
As of Sep. 2016, Carolina Bank Holdings has a Sloan Ratio of 3.01%, indicating the company is in the safe zone and there is no funny business with accruals.
Carolina Bank Holdings Sloan Ratio % Historical Data
* 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.
Competitive Comparison of Carolina Bank Holdings's Sloan Ratio %
For the Banks - Regional subindustry, Carolina Bank Holdings'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.
Carolina Bank Holdings's Sloan Ratio % Distribution in the Banks Industry
For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, Carolina Bank Holdings's Sloan Ratio % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Carolina Bank Holdings's Sloan Ratio % falls into.
Carolina Bank Holdings 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.
Carolina Bank Holdings's Sloan Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2015 is calculated as
Carolina Bank Holdings's Net Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2016 was 1.036 (Dec. 2015 ) + 1.101 (Mar. 2016 ) + 1.243 (Jun. 2016 ) + 1.564 (Sep. 2016 ) = $4.94 Mil.
Carolina Bank Holdings's Cash Flow from Operations for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2016 was 13.008 (Dec. 2015 ) + 3.956 (Mar. 2016 ) + -19.164 (Jun. 2016 ) + 16.457 (Sep. 2016 ) = $14.26 Mil.
Carolina Bank Holdings's Cash Flow from Investing for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2016 was -2.294 (Dec. 2015 ) + 9.068 (Mar. 2016 ) + -19.454 (Jun. 2016 ) + -17.999 (Sep. 2016 ) = $-30.68 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.
Carolina Bank Holdings (NAS:CLBH) 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.
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. 2016, Carolina Bank Holdings has a Sloan Ratio of 3.01%, indicating the company is in the safe zone and there is no funny business with accruals.
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Carolina Bank Holdings (Carolina Bank Holdings) Business Description
Carolina Bank Holdings Inc was incorporated under the laws of the State of North Carolina on August 16, 2000. It is a bank holding company for Carolina Bank. The Company is engaged in a general banking business in Guilford, Alamance, Randolph and Forsyth Counties, North Carolina. Its operations are mainly commercially oriented and directed to individuals and small to medium-sized businesses located in its market area and its deposits and loans are derived mainly from customers in its geographic market. The Company is considered to have three principal business segments Commercial/Retail Bank, the Mortgage Division, and the Holding Company. The mortgage division originates residential mortgage loans through other banks and brokers in addition to retail loan officers, who are located in five loan production offices and in five of its banking offices, and sells the loans to investors. The Company's primary service area consists of the Cities of Greensboro, High Point, Burlington, Winston-Salem and Asheboro, North Carolina and the areas immediately surrounding Greensboro, High Point, Burlington, Winston-Salem and Asheboro, all of which are located in Guilford, Alamance, Forsyth and Randolph Counties, North Carolina. Residential mortgage loan production offices are located in Burlington, Chapel Hill, Hillsborough, Raleigh and Sanford, NC. The Company competes directly for deposits in its primary service area with other commercial banks, savings banks, credit unions, agencies issuing United States government securities and all other organizations and institutions engaged in money market transactions, in lending activities, the bank competes with all other financial institutions. The Company is subject to supervision, examination and regulation by the North Carolina Office of the Commissioner of Banks ("Commissioner") and the FDIC and to North Carolina and federal statutory and regulatory provisions governing such matters as capital standards, mergers, subsidiary investments and establishment of branch offices.
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