Unit4 NV (FRA:UNT) Sloan Ratio % : 0.24% (As of Dec. 2013)

Unit4 NV Sloan Ratio % Chart

Unit4 NV Annual Data
	Trend	Dec04	Dec05	Dec06	Dec07	Dec08	Dec09	Dec10	Dec11	Dec12	Dec13
Sloan Ratio %		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					-5.86	10.29	0.28	1.99	0.24

Unit4 NV Semi-Annual Data
	Dec02	Dec03	Dec04	Dec05	Dec06	Dec07	Dec08	Dec09	Dec10	Dec11	Dec12	Dec13
Sloan Ratio %	Get a 7-Day Free Trial							-5.86	10.29	0.28	1.99	0.24

Competitive Comparison of Unit4 NV's Sloan Ratio %

For the Software - Application subindustry, Unit4 NV's Sloan Ratio %, along with its competitors' market caps and Sloan Ratio % data, can be viewed below:

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Unit4 NV's Sloan Ratio % Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Unit4 NV's Sloan Ratio % distribution charts can be found below:

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Unit4 NV 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.

Unit4 NV's Sloan Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2013 is calculated as

Unit4 NV's Sloan Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2013 is calculated as

For company reported annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data. Unit4 NV's Net Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2013 was €16.6 Mil.
Unit4 NV's Cash Flow from Operations for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2013 was €73.1 Mil.
Unit4 NV's Cash Flow from Investing for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2013 was €-57.9 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.

Unit4 NV  (FRA:UNT) 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. 2013, Unit4 NV has a Sloan Ratio of 0.24%, indicating the company is in the safe zone and there is no funny business with accruals.

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