Sycamore Networks (Sycamore Networks) EBIT : $-19.04 Mil (TTM As of Jan. 2013)

Sycamore Networks EBIT Chart

Sycamore Networks Annual Data
	Trend	Jul03	Jul04	Jul05	Jul06	Jul07	Jul08	Jul09	Jul10	Jul11	Jul12
EBIT		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					-38.30	-71.80	-20.76	-19.39	-13.96

Sycamore Networks Quarterly Data
	Apr08	Jul08	Oct08	Jan09	Apr09	Jul09	Oct09	Jan10	Apr10	Jul10	Oct10	Jan11	Apr11	Jul11	Oct11	Jan12	Apr12	Jul12	Oct12	Jan13
EBIT	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															-4.00	-5.25	-2.96	-6.78	-4.04

Competitive Comparison of Sycamore Networks's EBIT

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Sycamore Networks'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.

Sycamore Networks's EV-to-EBIT Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Sycamore Networks's EV-to-EBIT distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Sycamore Networks's EV-to-EBIT falls into.

Sycamore Networks 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 Jan. 2013 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-19.04 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.

Sycamore Networks  (OTCPK:SCMR) EBIT Explanation

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

Sycamore Networks's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2013 is calculated as:

where

Note: The Operating Income data used here is four times the quarterly (Jan. 2013) data.

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

Sycamore Networks's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2013 is calculated as:

where Working Capital is:

When net working capital is negative, 0 is used.

Note: The EBIT data used here is four times the quarterly (Jan. 2013) EBIT data.

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

Sycamore Networks's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % for today is calculated as:

* 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.

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