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accruals_quality_low on M/I HOMES, INC. (MHO)

SIC 1531 — Operative Builders · CIK 799292 · default direction: short

Definition

Fires when total accruals exceed 10% of total assets while net income is positive. Captures 'earnings of low cash quality' (Sloan accruals).

Every time the signal fired on MHO

FYFiling dateEvent date1d5d20d60d252d
FY20212022-02-172022-02-17+2.67%+2.46%+6.81%-6.22%+15.51%
FY20142015-02-272015-02-27+0.41%+0.37%+7.21%+7.95%-19.29%
FY20132014-02-282014-02-28-1.77%-5.86%-10.68%-6.51%-12.21%

Forward returns are stock returns from event date (next trading day after filing). Sign is raw stock direction; the trade direction is in the calibration table below.

Universe-wide calibration (this signal across all companies)

Horizonn eventsGross stock retHit rateTrade dirNet PnLCost (bps)r/σ net
1d858-0.20%+45.45%short-0.29%33-0.04
5d857+1.15%+46.67%short-0.47%34-0.04
20d848+0.26%+46.93%short+0.13%38+0.01
60d798+9.36%+45.49%short-9.54%49-0.05
252d774+22.52%+48.71%short-22.54%99-0.11

Net PnL is direction × stock return − round-trip execution cost (5 bps half-spread + ADV-tiered borrow). See accruals_quality_low methodology for the full audit.


Data: /api/company/799292/financials