West's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2017 was $4,870 Mil.
West's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2017 was $426 Mil. West's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2017 was 8.69%.
The historical rank and industry rank for West's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:
WSTC's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Telecommunication Services industry.
Industry Median: 5.51 * 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) %. West's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2017 was 0.34%. 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.
West Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data
The historical data trend for West'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.
Competitive Comparison of West's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
For the Telecom Services subindustry, West'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.
West's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry
For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, West's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where West's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.
West 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.
Wests Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2016 is calculated as
West's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2017 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $426 Mil.
West (NAS:WSTC) 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.
West Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Related Terms
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West Corp. provides services that assist corporations with conferencing services. The company operates through four segments: unified communications, safety services, interactive services and specialized agent services. The united communications segment represents the majority of revenue. Within this segment, unified communication services are offered which includes managed voice and network services coupled with conferencing services. Safety solutions includes emergency number network services. This service connects callers to emergency call operators. Within Interactive services, the company aims to customize communication and network applications. Specialized agent services is a consulting service for the healthcare market.
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