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Alliance Creative Group (Alliance Creative Group) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -5.93% (As of Dec. 2018)


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What is Alliance Creative Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Alliance Creative Group's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2018 was $2.01 Mil. Alliance Creative Group's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2018 was $-0.10 Mil. Alliance Creative Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2018 was -5.93%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Alliance Creative Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:

ACGX's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Packaging & Containers industry.
Industry Median: 5.49
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % only.

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

A better indicator of the attractiveness of an investment which takes growth into account is the Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %. Alliance Creative Group's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2018 was 0.00%. The Forward Rate of Return uses the normalized Free Cash Flow of the past seven years, and considers growth. The forward rate of return can be thought of as the return that investors buying the stock today can expect from it in the future.


Alliance Creative Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Alliance Creative Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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Alliance Creative Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Alliance Creative Group Annual Data
Trend Dec05 Dec06 Dec07 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.76 -5.53 -21.51 26.18 -5.93

Alliance Creative Group Quarterly Data
Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 26.18 - - - -5.93

Competitive Comparison of Alliance Creative Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Packaging & Containers subindustry, Alliance Creative Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %, along with its competitors' market caps and Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % 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.


Alliance Creative Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Packaging & Containers Industry

For the Packaging & Containers industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Alliance Creative Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Alliance Creative Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Alliance Creative Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Calculation

In his book, The Little That Beat the Market, hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt defines Earnings Yield as operating income divided by enterprise value.

Alliance Creative Groups Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2018 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-0.105/2.01232
=-5.22 %

Alliance Creative Group's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2018 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-0.10 Mil.



Alliance Creative Group  (OTCPK:ACGX) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Explanation

Joel Greenblatt defines the earnings yield using the above equation because it more accurately reflects the company's profitability relative to its stock price. Items like interest payment and tax etc. are not directly related to the company's operational profitability.

Enterprise Value instead of market cap (share price) is used in the calculation because it is the real price stock and bond investors together pay for the company.


Be Aware

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % based on Don Yacktman's definition is a better measure of the expected rate of return for a stock.


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Alliance Creative Group (Alliance Creative Group) Business Description

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Address
7366 North Lincoln Avenue, Suite 105, Lincolnwood, IL, USA, 60712
Alliance Creative Group Inc up is a packaging solutions company focused on Retail Packaging and Packaging Management. It helps its clients from initial concept and packaging development through final production and managed inventory solutions. It is focused on flexible packaging, clear rigid packaging, folding cartons in the food and beverage industry, vendor-managed inventory supply chain services, and fulfillment.

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