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Lithium Exploration Group (Lithium Exploration Group) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 11.24% (As of Mar. 2018)


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What is Lithium Exploration Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Lithium Exploration Group's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2018 was $3.77 Mil. Lithium Exploration Group's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2018 was $0.41 Mil. Lithium Exploration Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2018 was 11.24%.

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

LEXG's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Metals & Mining industry.
Industry Median: -12.42
* 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) %. Lithium Exploration Group's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 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.


Lithium Exploration Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Lithium Exploration Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Lithium Exploration Group Annual Data
Trend Jun08 Jun09 Jun10 Jun11 Jun12 Jun13 Jun14 Jun15 Jun16 Jun17
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - -1.91 -82.64 4.78 -49.50

Lithium Exploration Group Quarterly Data
Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18
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 -84.03 -49.50 22.32 -24.10 11.24

Competitive Comparison of Lithium Exploration Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, Lithium Exploration 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.


Lithium Exploration Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Lithium Exploration Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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Lithium Exploration 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.

Lithium Exploration Groups Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2017 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-2.135/4.310412
=-49.53 %

Lithium Exploration Group's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2018 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $0.41 Mil.



Lithium Exploration Group  (GREY:LEXG) 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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Lithium Exploration Group (Lithium Exploration Group) Business Description

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Address
4635 South Lakeshore Drive, Suite 200, Tempe, AZ, USA, 85282
Lithium Exploration Group Inc is a U.S.-based exploration and development company. It is focused on the acquisition and development potential of lithium brines and other precious metals that demonstrate high probability for near-term production. The company is testing its SonCav Technology for use in the oil and gas industry and the acquisition of oil and gas related assets in Western Canada and Southwest Louisiana. The SonCav technology uses a patented process to mechanically induce an ultrasonic cavitation to superheat fluid. It is focused solely on water and crude oil, but technology is expected to have many other commercial uses including mining, LNG, Ethanol, industrial and other chemical uses in the pharmaceutical industry.

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