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SQI Diagnostics (SQI Diagnostics) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -37.74% (As of Mar. 2023)


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What is SQI Diagnostics Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

SQI Diagnostics's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2023 was $31.95 Mil. SQI Diagnostics's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2023 was $-11.83 Mil. SQI Diagnostics's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2023 was -37.74%.

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

SQIDF's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Medical Diagnostics & Research industry.
Industry Median: -2.8
* 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) %. SQI Diagnostics's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2023 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.


SQI Diagnostics Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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SQI Diagnostics Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

SQI Diagnostics Annual Data
Trend Sep13 Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -32.36 -24.69 -9.74 -14.06 -26.60

SQI Diagnostics Quarterly Data
Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23
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 -10.36 -16.37 -26.60 -23.47 -37.74

Competitive Comparison of SQI Diagnostics's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Diagnostics & Research subindustry, SQI Diagnostics'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.


SQI Diagnostics's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Medical Diagnostics & Research Industry

For the Medical Diagnostics & Research industry and Healthcare sector, SQI Diagnostics's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



SQI Diagnostics 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.

SQI Diagnosticss Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2022 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-11.937/40.528625
=-29.45 %

SQI Diagnostics's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-11.83 Mil.



SQI Diagnostics  (OTCPK:SQIDF) 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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SQI Diagnostics (SQI Diagnostics) Business Description

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Address
36 Meteor Drive, Toronto, ON, CAN, M9W 1A4
SQI Diagnostics Inc is the leader in the field of lung health. The company develops and manufactures respiratory health and precision medicine tests that run on SQI's automated systems. The company is developing tests to simplify and improve COVID-19 antibody monitoring, rapid acute lung injury testing, donor organ transplant informatics, and immunological protein and antibody testing. Its geographical segments are the United States, Canada, and Europe. Canada accounts for more than half of its revenues.