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HQ Global Education (HQ Global Education) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 2,000.00% (As of Nov. 2011)


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What is HQ Global Education Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

HQ Global Education's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2011 was $0.77 Mil. HQ Global Education's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Nov. 2011 was $16.92 Mil. HQ Global Education's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2011 was 2,000.00%.

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

HQGE' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0   Med: 0   Max: 5000
Current: 2000

During the past 3 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of HQ Global Education was 5000.00%. The lowest was 0.00%. And the median was 0.00%.

HQGE's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked
in the Media - Diversified industry.
Industry Median: 2.76 vs HQGE: 2000.00

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) %. HQ Global Education's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2011 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.


HQ Global Education Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for HQ Global Education's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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HQ Global Education Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

HQ Global Education Annual Data
Trend Feb08 Feb09 Aug10
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
- - 7.81

HQ Global Education Quarterly Data
Feb08 May08 Aug08 Nov08 Feb09 May09 Aug09 Nov09 Feb10 May10 Aug10 Nov10 Feb11 May11 Aug11 Nov11
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 - 23.92 21.10 151.52 2,000.00

Competitive Comparison of HQ Global Education's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Entertainment subindustry, HQ Global Education'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.


HQ Global Education's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, HQ Global Education's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where HQ Global Education's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



HQ Global Education 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.

HQ Global Educations Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2010 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=13.677/175.001
=7.82 %

HQ Global Education's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Nov. 2011 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $16.92 Mil.



HQ Global Education  (OTCPK:HQGE) 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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HQ Global Education (HQ Global Education) Business Description

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Address
333 City Boulevard West, Suite 1700, Orange, CA, USA, 92868
HQ Global Education Inc is the provider of comprehensive film and TV production services. The company offers a wide array of film and TV production resources for small Indie productions through to full theatrical projects. Its products and services include film and television; producing; financing; and optioning.

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