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VeriFone Systems (FRA:VF2) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -0.38% (As of Apr. 2018)


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What is VeriFone Systems Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

VeriFone Systems's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2018 was €2,697 Mil. VeriFone Systems's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Apr. 2018 was €-12 Mil. VeriFone Systems's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2018 was -0.38%.

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

FRA:VF2's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Industrial Products industry.
Industry Median: 4.145
* 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) %. VeriFone Systems's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2018 was -16.66%. 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.


VeriFone Systems Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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VeriFone Systems Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

VeriFone Systems Annual Data
Trend Oct08 Oct09 Oct10 Oct11 Oct12 Oct13 Oct14 Oct15 Oct16 Oct17
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -1.90 0.05 2.60 1.43 -3.82

VeriFone Systems Quarterly Data
Jul13 Oct13 Jan14 Apr14 Jul14 Oct14 Jan15 Apr15 Jul15 Oct15 Jan16 Apr16 Jul16 Oct16 Jan17 Apr17 Jul17 Oct17 Jan18 Apr18
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 -3.23 -4.15 -3.82 -3.27 -0.38

Competitive Comparison of VeriFone Systems's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Business Equipment & Supplies subindustry, VeriFone Systems'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.


VeriFone Systems's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, VeriFone Systems's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where VeriFone Systems's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



VeriFone Systems 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.

VeriFone Systemss Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Oct. 2017 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-93.288/2490.15255
=-3.75 %

VeriFone Systems's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Apr. 2018 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was €-12 Mil.



VeriFone Systems  (FRA:VF2) 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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VeriFone Systems (FRA:VF2) Business Description

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Verifone sells hardware and complementary software and services that enable merchants to accept electronic payments at the point of sale. Its offerings are used in the retail, gas station, restaurant, and taxi environments, among others. The Verifone Systems segment sells devices and basic payment and security software. The Verifone Services segment provides "payments as a service"--longer-term leasing, support, and other payment-related services.

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