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Pershing Gold (Pershing Gold) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -38.46% (As of Dec. 2018)


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What is Pershing Gold Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Pershing Gold's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2018 was $36.63 Mil. Pershing Gold's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2018 was $-14.11 Mil. Pershing Gold's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2018 was -38.46%.

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

PGLC's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Metals & Mining industry.
Industry Median: -12.06
* 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) %. Pershing Gold's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2018 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.


Pershing Gold Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Pershing Gold Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Pershing Gold Annual Data
Trend Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -18.73 -26.18 -19.27 -22.99 -38.46

Pershing Gold Quarterly Data
Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18
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 -22.99 -22.57 -25.64 -38.91 -38.46

Competitive Comparison of Pershing Gold's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Gold subindustry, Pershing Gold'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.


Pershing Gold's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Pershing Gold's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Pershing Gold 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.

Pershing Golds Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2018 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-14.11/36.625514
=-38.53 %

Pershing Gold's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2018 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-14.11 Mil.



Pershing Gold  (NAS:PGLC) 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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Pershing Gold (Pershing Gold) Business Description

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Address
1658 Cole Boulevard, Building 6, Suite 210, Lakewood, CO, USA, 80401
Pershing Gold Corp is a gold and precious metals exploration company. It pursues exploration, development and mining opportunities primarily in Nevada. The company currently focuses on exploration at its Relief Canyon properties in Pershing County in northwestern Nevada. The Relief Canyon properties are located about 100 miles northeast of Reno, Nevada. It operates its business directly and also through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Gold Acquisition Corp. The company seek properties with known mineralization that are in an advanced stage of exploration and have previously undergone drilling but are under-explored.
Executives
Jeffrey G Clevenger director 1700 LINCOLN STREET, SUITE 3050, DENVER CO 80203
Barry C Honig 10 percent owner 215 SE SPANISH TRAIL, BOCA RATON FL 33432
Edward M Karr director RAMPARTNERS, 19 BLVD GEORGES-FAVON, GENEVA V8 1204
Timothy Mark Janke officer: Chief Operating Officer 5625 PATRICIAN WAY, WINNEMUCCA NV 89445
Eric Alexander officer: VP Finance and Controller 1658 COLE BLVD., BLDG. 6, SUITE 210, LAKEWOOD CO 80401
Alex G Morrison director 1658 COLE BLVD., BLDG. 6, SUITE 210, LAKEWOOD CO 80401
Douglass Scott Barr director 10901 WEST TOLLER DRIVE, SUITE 300 LITTLETON CO 80127-6312
Frost Gamma Investments Trust 10 percent owner 4400 BISCAYNE BLVD, MIAMI FL 33137
David Rector director
Adam C Wasserman officer: Chief Financial Officer 1643 ROYAL GROVE WAY, WESTON FL 33327

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