What is Global-Tech Advanced Innovations Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?
Global-Tech Advanced Innovations's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2015 was $-2.69 Mil.
Global-Tech Advanced Innovations's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2015 was $-10.89 Mil. Global-Tech Advanced Innovations's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2015 was 0.00%.
The historical rank and industry rank for Global-Tech Advanced Innovations's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:
GAI's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Semiconductors industry.
Industry Median: 2.045 * 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) %. Global-Tech Advanced Innovations's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2015 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.
Global-Tech Advanced Innovations Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data
* 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.
For the Semiconductor Equipment & Materials subindustry, Global-Tech Advanced Innovations'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.
Global-Tech Advanced Innovations's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Semiconductors Industry
For the Semiconductors industry and Technology sector, Global-Tech Advanced Innovations's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Global-Tech Advanced Innovations's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.
In his book, The Little That Beat the Market, hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt defines Earnings Yield as operating income divided by enterprise value.
For company reported semi-annually or annually, GuruFocus only calculate annual data for Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) and apply the annual figure to corresponding quarter.
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.
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Global-Tech Advanced Innovations (Global-Tech Advanced Innovations) Business Description
Global-Tech Advanced Innovations Inc was organized as an international business company under the laws of the British Virgin Islands on May 2, 1991 and became a publicly traded entity on April 7, 1998. The Company was an exporter of small electrical appliances to North American and European markets. The Company produces complementary metal oxide semiconductor camera modules for sale to cellular phone manufacturers. The Company also comprises immaterial product lines and development programs. It continues to acquire new technologies in an effort to expand its capabilities in manufacturing finished products and components. Its patents are registered in various jurisdictions, including the United States, the United Kingdom, China and France. It competes with established companies in Hong Kong and China, a number of which have substantially greater technical, financial and marketing resources. Competition for contract manufacturing products is based on unit price, product quality and availability and service. Its operations and assets in China are subject to significant political, economic, legal and other uncertainties.
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