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Agent Information Software (Agent Information Software) Earnings Power Value (EPV) : $-0.08 (As of Dec03)


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What is Agent Information Software Earnings Power Value (EPV)?

As of Dec03, Agent Information Software's earnings power value is $-0.08. *

* GuruFocus does not store EPV value into our database if Average Maintenance CAPEX is 0.

Margin of Safety is N/A.

The basic concept of EPV is that one should value a stock based on the current free cash flow of a company and not on future projections which may, or may not, come true. It is arguably a better way to analyze stocks than Discounted Cash Flow analysis that relies on highly speculative growth assumptions many years into the future. Assumption: Current profitability is sustainable.


Agent Information Software Earnings Power Value (EPV) Historical Data

The historical data trend for Agent Information Software's Earnings Power Value (EPV) can be seen below:

* 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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Agent Information Software Earnings Power Value (EPV) Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Agent Information Software's Earnings Power Value (EPV)

For the Software - Application subindustry, Agent Information Software's Earnings Power Value (EPV), along with its competitors' market caps and Earnings Power Value (EPV) 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.


Agent Information Software's Earnings Power Value (EPV) Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Agent Information Software's Earnings Power Value (EPV) distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Agent Information Software's Earnings Power Value (EPV) falls into.



Agent Information Software Earnings Power Value (EPV) Calculation

Earnings Power Value also known as just Earnings Power is a valuation technique popularised by Bruce Greenwald, an authority on value investing at Columbia University. It is arguably a better way to analyze stocks than Discounted Cash Flow analysis that relies on highly speculative growth assumptions many years into the future.

The basic concept of EPV is that one should value a stock based on the current free cash flow of a company and not on future projections which may, or may not, come true. This valuation tool excludes the potential growth that a company may have so that needs to be looked at separately. Since future growth is excluded from the analysis, only the maintenance capital expenditures are subtracted from after-tax EBIT (earnings before interest and taxes) and growth capex is ignored.


Agent Information Software  (OTCPK:AIFS) Earnings Power Value (EPV) Explanation

Assumption: Current profitability is sustainable.

Earnings power value (EPV) uses a very basic equation which assumes no growth, although it does rely on an assumption about the cost of capital as well as the fact that current earnings are sustainable. It also involves several adjustments to clean up the underlying Earnings figures.


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Though using today's earnings in calculating Earnings Power Value, GuruFocus is normalizing these earnings to the business cycle. This eliminates the effects on profitability of valuing the firm at different points in the business cycle. This means that we are considering the average earnings over 5 years.


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Agent Information Software (Agent Information Software) Business Description

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Address
760 East Francis Street, Units C & D, Ontario, CA, USA, 91761
Agent Information Software Inc provides software products and services that create, manage, publish, and access information content through the Internet or the web. The company offers data automation solutions to customers across multiple industries. Additionally, it also renders software as a service (SaaS), database subscriptions, software maintenance, and support contract services. The Company derives its revenues from various software subscriptions, maintenance and support services, licensing and other non-recurring services.

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