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Arctic Cat (Arctic Cat) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -31.85% (As of Dec. 2016)


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What is Arctic Cat Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Arctic Cat's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2016 was $264.8 Mil. Arctic Cat's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2016 was $-84.4 Mil. Arctic Cat's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2016 was -31.85%.

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

ACAT's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Vehicles & Parts industry.
Industry Median: 5.72
* 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) %. Arctic Cat's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2016 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.


Arctic Cat Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Arctic Cat Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Arctic Cat Annual Data
Trend Mar07 Mar08 Mar09 Mar10 Mar11 Mar12 Mar13 Mar14 Mar15 Mar16
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 9.25 13.09 11.35 1.53 -8.05

Arctic Cat Quarterly Data
Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16
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 -8.73 -8.05 -12.36 -26.11 -31.85

Competitive Comparison of Arctic Cat's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Recreational Vehicles subindustry, Arctic Cat'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.


Arctic Cat's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Vehicles & Parts Industry

For the Vehicles & Parts industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Arctic Cat's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Arctic Cat 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.

Arctic Cats Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2016 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-16.199/201.31176
=-8.05 %

Arctic Cat's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2016 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-84.4 Mil.



Arctic Cat  (NAS:ACAT) 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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Arctic Cat (Arctic Cat) Business Description

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Arctic Cat designs, engineers, manufactures, and markets snowmobiles, all-terrain vehicles, and utility task vehicles, or "side-by-sides," under the Arctic Cat brand name, as well as related parts, garments, and accessories under the Arctic Cat and MotorFist brands. The company markets its products through a network of independent dealers throughout the contiguous United States and Canada and through distributors representing dealers in Alaska, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and other international markets.
Executives
Andrew S Duff director 800 NICOLLET MALL, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402
Joseph F. Puishys director 4400 WEST 78TH STREET, SUITE 520, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55435
Christopher T Metz director, officer: President and CEO BLACK & DECKER CORP, 701 EAST JOPPA ROAD, TOWSON MD 21286
Susan E Lester director PACWEST BANCORP, 9701 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD, SUITE 700, BEVERLY HILLS CA 90212
Tony Christianson director
Christopher J Eperjesy officer: Chief Financial Officer 505 HIGHWAY 169 NORTH, PLYMOUTH MN 55441
Patricia L Jones officer: Chief Human Resources Officer C/O 505 HIGHWAY 169 NORTH, SUITE 1000, PLYMOUTH MN 55441
D Christian Koch director P.O. BOX 1441, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55440-1441
Christopher A Twomey director ARCTIC CAT, 505 HIGHWAY 169 NORTH, SUITE 1000, PLYMOUTH MN 55441
Stanley A Askren director 408 EAST SECOND STREET, MUSCATINE IA 52761
Gregg A Ostrander director 4600 SLEEPYTIME DRIVE, BOULDER CO 80301
David A Roberts director 3013 KINGS MANOR DRIVE, WEDDINGTON NC 21104-6868

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