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Houston American Energy (Houston American Energy) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: -10.89% (As of Dec. 2023)
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Houston American Energy's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $15.61 Mil. Houston American Energy's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $-1.70 Mil. Houston American Energy's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -10.89%.

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

HUSA' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -127.12   Med: -17.33   Max: -1.39
Current: -7.92

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Houston American Energy was -1.39%. The lowest was -127.12%. And the median was -17.33%.

HUSA's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
80.16% of 1094 companies
in the Oil & Gas industry
Industry Median: 6.37 vs HUSA: -7.92

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) %. Houston American Energy's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 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.


Houston American Energy Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Houston American Energy's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Houston American Energy Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -22.27 -35.84 -10.67 -2.49 -10.89

Houston American Energy Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -2.49 -3.88 -8.58 -9.03 -10.89

Competitive Comparison

For the Oil & Gas E&P subindustry, Houston American Energy'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.


Houston American Energy Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Houston American Energy's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Houston American Energy's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Houston American Energy 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.

Houston American Energys Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-1.7/15.609456
=-10.89 %

Houston American Energy's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-1.70 Mil.



Houston American Energy  (AMEX:HUSA) 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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Houston American Energy (Houston American Energy) Business Description

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Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
801 Travis Street, Suite 1425, Houston, TX, USA, 77002
Houston American Energy Corp is an independent oil and gas company focused on the development, exploration, exploitation, acquisition, and production of natural gas and crude oil properties. Its properties, and operations, are in the U.S. Permian Basin, the U.S. Gulf Coast region, particularly Texas and Louisiana, and in the South American country of Colombia. The company's an exploration and development projects are focused on existing property interests, and future acquisition of additional property interests, in the Texas Permian Basin, the onshore Texas and Louisiana Gulf Coast region, and in the South American country of Colombia. The Company majorly has operations in two geographical areas, the United States and Colombia.
Executives
James A Schoonover director 1770 COUNTY ROAD H2, WHITE BEAR TOWNSHIP MN 55110
John F Terwilliger director, 10 percent owner, officer: President and CEO
Bitnile Holdings, Inc. 10 percent owner 11411 SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS PARKWAY, SUITE 240, LAS VEGAS NV 89141
Dyke Torbjorn Van officer: VP - Business Development 801 TRAVIS STREET, SUITE 1425, HOUSTON TX 77002
R. Keith Grimes director 13307 GOLDEN VALLEY DR., CYPRESS TX 77429
John P Boylan director 450 WESTHEIMER DR., HOUSTON TX 77024
Stephen Hartzell director 1001 MCKINNEY, SUITE 805, HOUSTON TX 77002
Roy W Jageman director 777 MAIN STREET, C/O ENCORE ACQUISITION CO, FORT WORTH TX 76102
James J Jacobs officer: Chief Financial Officer 801 TRAVIS, SUITE 2020, HOUSTON TX 77002
Kenneth Jeffers officer: Senior VP of Exploration 801 TRAVIS STREET, SUITE 1425, HOUSTON TX 77002
Nokomis Capital, L.l.c. 10 percent owner 1717 MCKINNEY AVENUE, SUITE 850, DALLAS TX 75202
Brett Hendrickson 10 percent owner 300 CRESCENT COURT, SUITE 1740, DALLAS TX 75201
Orrie Lee Tawes director, 10 percent owner CIBC OPPENHEIMER WORLD FINANCIAL CENTER, NEW YORK NY 110281
Richard J Howe director 73 SADDLEBROOK LN, HOUSTON TX 77024
J Alex Loftus director 801 TRAVIS, SUITE 1425, HOUSTON TX 77002