Q.E.P. Co (Q.E.P. Co) EBIT

: $3.8 Mil (TTM As of Nov. 2023)

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Q.E.P. Co's earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) for the three months ended in Nov. 2023 was $2.7 Mil. Its earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Nov. 2023 was $3.8 Mil.

EBIT or Operating Income is linked to Return on Capital for both regular definition and Joel Greenblatt's definition. Q.E.P. Co's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2023 was 7.20%. Q.E.P. Co's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2023 was 11.19%.

EBIT is also linked to Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield. Q.E.P. Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2023 was 3.91%.

Q.E.P. Co EBIT Historical Data

The historical data trend for Q.E.P. Co's EBIT can be seen below:

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Q.E.P. Co Annual Data

Trend

Feb14

Feb15

Feb16

Feb17

Feb18

Feb19

Feb20

Feb21

Feb22

Feb23

EBIT

-2.40

-10.34

11.09

13.86

3.90

Q.E.P. Co Quarterly Data
	Feb19	May19	Aug19	Nov19	Feb20	May20	Aug20	Nov20	Feb21	May21	Aug21	Nov21	Feb22	May22	Aug22	Nov22	Feb23	May23	Aug23	Nov23
EBIT																2.14	-3.83	2.00	2.96	2.65

Competitive Comparison

For the Tools & Accessories subindustry, Q.E.P. Co's EV-to-EBIT, along with its competitors' market caps and EV-to-EBIT 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.

Q.E.P. Co EV-to-EBIT Distribution

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Q.E.P. Co's EV-to-EBIT distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Q.E.P. Co's EV-to-EBIT falls into.

Q.E.P. Co EBIT Calculation

EBIT, sometimes also called Earnings Before Interest and Taxes, is a measure of a firm's profit that includes all expenses except interest and income tax expenses. It is the difference between operating revenues and operating expenses. When a firm does not have non-operating income, then Operating Income is sometimes used as a synonym for EBIT and operating profit.

EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Nov. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $3.8 Mil.

Q.E.P. Co (OTCPK:QEPC) EBIT Explanation

1. EBIT or Operating Income is linked to Return on Capital for both regular definition and Joel Greenblatt's definition.

Q.E.P. Co's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2023 is calculated as:

	ROC % (Q: Nov. 2023 )
=	NOPAT	/	Average Invested Capital
=	Operating Income * ( 1 - Tax Rate % )	/	( (Invested Capital (Q: Aug. 2023 )	+	Invested Capital (Q: Nov. 2023 ))	/ count )
=	10.6 * ( 1 - 28.01% )	/	( (124.004	+	87.896)	/ 2 )
=	7.63094	/	105.95
=	7.20 %

where

	Invested Capital		(Q: Aug. 2023 )
=	Total Assets	-	Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	-	Excess Cash
=	Total Assets	-	Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	-	( Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	-	max(0, Total Current Liabilities	-	Total Current Assets	+	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	))
=	182.156	-	44.9	-	( 13.252	-	max(0, 73.475	-	125.943	+	13.252	))
=	124.004

	Invested Capital		(Q: Nov. 2023 )
=	Total Assets	-	Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	-	Excess Cash
=	Total Assets	-	Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	-	( Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	-	max(0, Total Current Liabilities	-	Total Current Assets	+	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	))
=	150.459	-	37.217	-	( 25.346	-	max(0, 50.586	-	109.578	+	25.346	))
=	87.896

Note: The Operating Income data used here is four times the quarterly (Nov. 2023) data.

2. Joel Greenblatt's definition of Return on Capital:

Q.E.P. Co's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2023 is calculated as:

	ROC (Joel Greenblatt) %		(Q: Nov. 2023 )
=	EBIT	/	Average of (Net fixed Assets	+	Net Working Capital)
=	EBIT	/	Average of (Property, Plant and Equipment	+	Net Working Capital)
			Q: Aug. 2023		Q: Nov. 2023
=	EBIT	/	( ( (Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital)	+	(Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital) )	/	count )
=	10.6	/	( ( (40.337 + max(67.791, 0))	+	(34.579 + max(46.786, 0)) )	/	2 )
=	10.6	/	( ( 108.128	+	81.365 )	/	2 )
=	10.6	/	94.7465
=	11.19 %

where Working Capital is:

	Working Capital		(Q: Aug. 2023 )
=	(Accounts Receivable	+	Total Inventories	+	Other Current Assets)	-	(Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	+	Defer. Rev.	+	Other Current Liabilities)
=	(49.06	+	58.03	+	5.601)	-	(44.9	+	0	+	0)
=	67.791

	Working Capital		(Q: Nov. 2023 )
=	(Accounts Receivable	+	Total Inventories	+	Other Current Assets)	-	(Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	+	Defer. Rev.	+	Other Current Liabilities)
=	(38.679	+	41.845	+	3.708)	-	(37.217	+	0	+	0.229)
=	46.786

When net working capital is negative, 0 is used.

Note: The EBIT data used here is four times the quarterly (Nov. 2023) EBIT data.

3. It is also linked to Joel Greenblatt's definition of Earnings Yield:

Q.E.P. Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % for today is calculated as:

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %	=	EBIT (TTM)	/	Enterprise Value (Q: Nov. 2023 )
	=	3.788	/	96.777
	=	3.91 %

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Q.E.P. Co (Q.E.P. Co) Business Description

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Address

1001 Broken Sound Parkway North West, Suite A, Boca Raton, FL, USA, 33487

Website

https://www.qep.com

Q.E.P. Co Inc is a provider of flooring and industrial solutions. The company is a manufacturer, marketer, and distributor of hardwood and laminate flooring, flooring installation tools, adhesives and flooring related products targeted for the professional installer as well as the do-it-yourselfer. It also provides industrial tools to the industrial trades under brand names including QEP, ROBERTS, Capitol, Harris Wood, Fausfloor, Vitrex, Homelux, TileRite, PRCI, Nupla, HISCO, Plasplugs, Ludell, Porta-Nails, Tomecanic, Benetiere, and Elastiment. The company sells its products to home improvement retail centers, specialty distribution outlets, municipalities and industrial solution providers in an approx 50 states and throughout the world.

Executives

Lawrence P Levine	officer: SVP and General Counsel	1001 BROKEN SOUND PARKWAY NW, SUITE A, BOCA RATON FL 33487
Robert G Walters	director	1001 BROKEN SOUND PARKWAY NW SUITE A, BOCA RATON FL 33487
Kenneth Weiss	officer: SVP Commercial Sales	1001 BROKEN SOUND PARKWAY NW SUITE A, BOCA RATON FL 33487
David L Kreilein	director	2930 INDUSTRIEAL ST, WISCONSIN RAPIDS WI 54495-8020
Muir Robert W Jr	director
Laura M Holm	director	C/O Q.E.P. CO., INC., 1001 BROKEN SOUND PARKWAY, NW, SUITE A, BOCA RATON FL 33487
James Brower	officer: Chief Operating Officer	C/O Q.E.P. CO., INC., 1001 BROKEN SOUND PARKWAY, NW, SUITE A, BOCA RATON FL 33487
Jamie Clingan	officer: Vice President Marketing	C/O Q.E.P. CO., INC., 1001 BROKEN SOUND PARKWAY, NW, SUITE A, BOCA RATON FL 33487
Bruce Maclaren	officer: Chief Executive Officer Europe	C/O Q.E.P. CO., INC., 1001 BROKEN SOUND PARKWAY, NW, SUITE A, BOCA RATON FL 33487
S Scott Fitzpatrick	officer: Chief Accounting Officer	C/O Q.E.P. CO., INC., 1001 BROKEN SOUND PARKWAY, NW, SUITE A, BOCA RATON FL 33487
Stuart F Fleischer	officer: Chief Financial Officer
Randall Paulfus	officer: Interim CFO	C/O PC UNIVERSE, INC., 504 NW 77TH STREET, BOCA RATON FL 33487
Richard A Brooke	officer: Senior Vice President	C/O Q.E.P. CO., INC., 1001 BROKEN SOUND PARKWAY, BOCA RATON FL 33487
Eric Demaree	officer: EVP, Sales	C/O Q.E.P. CO., INC., 1081 HOLLAND DRIVE, BOCA RATON FL 33487
Susan J Gould	10 percent owner