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 Dec. 2023, SS&C Technologies Holdings has a Sloan Ratio of -1.88%, indicating the company is in the safe zone and there is no funny business with accruals.
SS&C Technologies 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 SS&C Technologies Holdings's Sloan Ratio %
For the Software - Application subindustry, SS&C Technologies 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.
SS&C Technologies Holdings's Sloan Ratio % Distribution in the Software Industry
For the Software industry and Technology sector, SS&C Technologies Holdings's Sloan Ratio % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where SS&C Technologies Holdings's Sloan Ratio % falls into.
SS&C Technologies 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.
SS&C Technologies Holdings's Net Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was 126 (Mar. 2023 ) + 130.7 (Jun. 2023 ) + 156 (Sep. 2023 ) + 194.4 (Dec. 2023 ) = $607 Mil.
SS&C Technologies Holdings's Cash Flow from Operations for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was 254.8 (Mar. 2023 ) + 329.4 (Jun. 2023 ) + 242.5 (Sep. 2023 ) + 388.4 (Dec. 2023 ) = $1,215 Mil.
SS&C Technologies Holdings's Cash Flow from Investing for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was -49.8 (Mar. 2023 ) + -64.6 (Jun. 2023 ) + -52.7 (Sep. 2023 ) + -101.3 (Dec. 2023 ) = $-268 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.
SS&C Technologies Holdings (NAS:SSNC) 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 Dec. 2023, SS&C Technologies Holdings has a Sloan Ratio of -1.88%, indicating the company is in the safe zone and there is no funny business with accruals.
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SS&C Technologies Holdings (SS&C Technologies Holdings) Business Description
SS&C Technologies provides software products and software-enabled services to a variety of customers primarily in financial services but also healthcare firms. SS&C GlobeOp provides fund administration services to alternative and traditional asset managers. In addition, SS&C provides portfolio accounting, portfolio management, trading, banking/lending, and other software to asset managers, banks, and financial advisors. SS&C's purchase of Intralinks makes it a leading player in Virtual Data Room solutions. With its purchase of DST Systems, SS&C gained a foothold in the healthcare industry with pharmacy health management solutions and medical claim administration services.
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