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Cadus (KDUS) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -2.95% (As of Mar. 2018)


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What is Cadus Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Cadus's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2018 was $39.49 Mil. Cadus's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2018 was $-1.17 Mil. Cadus's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2018 was -2.95%.

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

KDUS's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Real Estate industry.
Industry Median: 4.32
* 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) %. Cadus's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 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.


Cadus Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Cadus Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Cadus Annual Data
Trend Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 270.27 -3.07 -2.34 -2.41 -2.03

Cadus Quarterly Data
Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18
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 -2.34 -2.48 -1.98 -2.03 -2.95

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

For the Real Estate - Development subindustry, Cadus'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.


Cadus's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Real Estate Industry

For the Real Estate industry and Real Estate sector, Cadus's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Cadus 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.

Caduss Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2017 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-0.637/35.288745
=-1.81 %

Cadus's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2018 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-1.17 Mil.



Cadus  (OTCPK:KDUS) 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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Cadus (KDUS) Business Description

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Cadus Corp is engaged in purchasing land and residential homes for construction or renovation and resale in areas of the United States. It has predominantly concentrated its real estate acquisition, renovation and construction activities in South Florida. The majority of the properties are waterfront properties. It purchases individual homes to renovate them for resale or to demolish them for new home construction and sale. When vacant lots are purchased, the company intends to construct new homes on them for sale.
Executives
Carl C Icahn 10 percent owner C/O ICAHN ENTERPRISES L.P., 16690 COLLINS AVE., PH-1, SUNNY ISLES BEACH FL 33160
Jack Gumpert Wasserman director 510 EAST 86TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10028-7504
Hunter Clark Gary director C/O ICAHN ENTERPRISES L.P., 16690 COLLINS AVE., PH, SUNNY ISLES FL 33160
Brett Icahn director C/O ICAHN ENTERPRISES L.P., 16690 COLLINS AVE., PH, SUNNY ISLES FL 33160
Moab Capital Partners Llc 10 percent owner PO BOX 352, SHORT HILLS NJ 07078
Michael Rothenberg 10 percent owner 15 EAST 62ND STREET, NEW YORK NY 10021
Moab Gp Llc 10 percent owner 15 EAST 62ND STREET, NEW YORK NY 10021
Moab Partners Lp 10 percent owner PO BOX 352, SHORT HILLS NJ 07078
Russell D Glass director 170 N. RADNOR-CHESTER ROAD, SUITE 200, RADNOR PA 19087

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