What is Nobel Biocare Holding AG Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?
Nobel Biocare Holding AG's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2013 was $1,642.2 Mil.
Nobel Biocare Holding AG's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2013 was $87.7 Mil. Nobel Biocare Holding AG's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2013 was 4.92%.
The historical rank and industry rank for Nobel Biocare Holding AG's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:
NBHGF's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Medical Devices & Instruments industry.
Industry Median: 0.04 * 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) %. Nobel Biocare Holding AG's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2013 was -0.45%. 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.
Nobel Biocare Holding AG Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data
The historical data trend for Nobel Biocare Holding AG's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:
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Nobel Biocare Holding AG Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart
Competitive Comparison of Nobel Biocare Holding AG's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
For the Medical Instruments & Supplies subindustry, Nobel Biocare Holding AG'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.
Nobel Biocare Holding AG's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Medical Devices & Instruments Industry
For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, Nobel Biocare Holding AG's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Nobel Biocare Holding AG's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.
Nobel Biocare Holding AG 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.
Nobel Biocare Holding AGs Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2013 is calculated as
For company reported semi-annually or annually, GuruFocus only calculate annual data for Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) and apply the annual figure to corresponding quarter.
Nobel Biocare Holding AG (OTCPK:NBHGF) 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.
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Nobel Biocare Holding AG (Nobel Biocare Holding AG) Business Description
Nobel Biocare Holding AG was founded in 2002 in Zurich,Switzerland. The Company offers dental implant systems, high-precision individualized prosthetics and CAD/CAM systems, diagnostics, treatment planning, guided surgery solutions and biomaterials. Its segments include Implant system products and Individualized products. Its geographical segments include United States, Japan, Switzerland, and Other Countries.
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