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Carson Development (Carson Development) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 0.00% (As of Sep. 2002)


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What is Carson Development Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Carson Development's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2002 was $80,000.92 Mil. Carson Development's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2002 was $-4.11 Mil. Carson Development's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2002 was 0.00%.

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

CDVM's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Real Estate industry.
Industry Median: 4.185
* 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) %. Carson Development's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2002 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.


Carson Development Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Carson Development's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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Competitive Comparison of Carson Development's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Real Estate - Development subindustry, Carson Development'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.


Carson Development's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Real Estate Industry

For the Real Estate industry and Real Estate sector, Carson Development's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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Carson Development 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.

Carson Developments Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2001 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-2.598/833000.034
=-0.00 %

Carson Development's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2002 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-4.11 Mil.



Carson Development  (OTCPK:CDVM) 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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Carson Development (Carson Development) Business Description

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6917 West 135th Street, Suite B-29, Overland Park, KS, USA, 66223
Carson Development Corp is a Real Estate company. It includes the purchase of raw ground, developing the ground, constructing homes-apartment complexes-shopping centers-businesses, and then managing the property once it is complete.

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