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Oracle Healthcare Acquisition (Oracle Healthcare Acquisition) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 2.97% (As of Dec. 2007)


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What is Oracle Healthcare Acquisition Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Oracle Healthcare Acquisition's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2007 was $148.10 Mil. Oracle Healthcare Acquisition's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2007 was $5.23 Mil. Oracle Healthcare Acquisition's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2007 was 2.97%.

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

OHAQ's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Healthcare Providers & Services industry.
Industry Median: 2.55
* 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) %. Oracle Healthcare Acquisition's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2007 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.


Oracle Healthcare Acquisition Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Oracle Healthcare Acquisition's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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Oracle Healthcare Acquisition Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Oracle Healthcare Acquisition Annual Data
Trend Dec05 Dec06 Dec07
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
- 2.99 2.97

Oracle Healthcare Acquisition Quarterly Data
Mar06 Jun06 Sep06 Dec06 Mar07 Jun07 Sep07 Dec07
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Get a 7-Day Free Trial 2.99 - - - 2.97

Competitive Comparison of Oracle Healthcare Acquisition's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Medical Care Facilities subindustry, Oracle Healthcare Acquisition'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.


Oracle Healthcare Acquisition's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Healthcare Providers & Services Industry

For the Healthcare Providers & Services industry and Healthcare sector, Oracle Healthcare Acquisition's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Oracle Healthcare Acquisition's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Oracle Healthcare Acquisition 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.

Oracle Healthcare Acquisitions Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2007 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=5.229/148.101
=3.53 %

Oracle Healthcare Acquisition's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2007 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $5.23 Mil.



Oracle Healthcare Acquisition  (OTCPK:OHAQ) 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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Oracle Healthcare Acquisition (Oracle Healthcare Acquisition) Business Description

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Andrew M Weiss 10 percent owner 222 BERKELEY STREET, 16TH FLOOR, BOSTON MA 02116
Jeffrey Tannenbaum 10 percent owner 505 FIFTH AVENUE, 23RD FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Fir Tree Inc. 10 percent owner 500 FIFTH AVENUE, 9TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10110
Camellia Partners, Llc 10 percent owner 51 BEDFORD ROAD, SUITES 3 & 4, KATONAH NY 10536
Andrew Fredman 10 percent owner 7301 SW 57TH COURT, SUITE 410, SOUTH MIAMI FL 33143
Fir Tree, L.l.c. 10 percent owner 505 FIFTH AVENUE, 23RD FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Per Gh Lofberg director C/O MERCK CAPITAL VENTURES, 50 TICE BLVD, WOODCLIFF NJ 07677
Larry N Feinberg director, 10 percent owner C/O ORACLE PARTNERS L P, 200 GREENWICH AVENUE, GREENWICH CT 06830
George Bickerstaff director C/O VION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 4 SCIENCE PARK, NEW HAVEN CT 06511
Kevin C Johnson director 12 KEELERS RIDGE ROAD, WILTON CT 06897
Mark A Radzik officer: CFO & Secretary
Joel D Liffman director, officer: President and COO C/O ORACLE STRATEGIES PARTNERS, L.P., 712 FIFTH AVENUE, 45TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019

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