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Technology Solutions Co (Technology Solutions Co) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 0.00% (As of Dec. 2008)


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What is Technology Solutions Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Technology Solutions Co's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2008 was $-5.30 Mil. Technology Solutions Co's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2008 was $-2.05 Mil. Technology Solutions Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2008 was 0.00%.

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

TSCC's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 1.275
* 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) %. Technology Solutions Co's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2008 was -136.17%. 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.


Technology Solutions Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Technology Solutions Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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Technology Solutions Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Technology Solutions Co Annual Data
Trend Dec99 Dec00 Dec01 Dec02 Dec03 Dec04 Dec05 Dec06 Dec07 Dec08
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
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Technology Solutions Co Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of Technology Solutions Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Information Technology Services subindustry, Technology Solutions Co'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.


Technology Solutions Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Technology Solutions Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Technology Solutions Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Technology Solutions Co 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.

Technology Solutions Cos Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2008 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-2.235/-5.2988365
=42.18 %

Technology Solutions Co's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2008 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-2.05 Mil.



Technology Solutions Co  (OTCPK:TSCC) 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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Technology Solutions Co (Technology Solutions Co) Business Description

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Address
55 East Monroe street, Suite 2600, Chicago, IL, USA, 60603
Website
Technology Solutions Co provides business-consulting services across a broad range of industries and areas of expertise. The company provides business strategy and assessment services.
Executives
Miller Lloyd I Iii 10 percent owner
Gerald Luterman director 70 VALLEY STREAM PARKWAY, MALVERN PA 19355
John R Purcell director 14155 US HIGHWAY #310, JUNO BEACH FL 33408-1431
Stephen B Oresman director 49 SUNSWYCK ROAD, DARIEN CT 06820
William H Waltrip director, officer: Former Chairman 901 GATEWAY BLVD, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080

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