What is Comdisco Holding Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?
Comdisco Holding Co's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2014 was $-7.66 Mil.
Comdisco Holding Co's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2014 was $-1.08 Mil. Comdisco Holding Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2014 was 9.48%.
The historical rank and industry rank for Comdisco Holding Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:
CDCO's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Conglomerates industry.
Industry Median: 6.68 * 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) %. Comdisco Holding Co's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2014 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.
Comdisco Holding Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data
The historical data trend for Comdisco Holding Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:
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Comdisco Holding Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart
For the Conglomerates subindustry, Comdisco Holding Co'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.
Comdisco Holding Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Conglomerates Industry
For the Conglomerates industry and Industrials sector, Comdisco Holding Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Comdisco Holding Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.
Comdisco Holding Co 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.
Comdisco Holding Cos Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2014 is calculated as
Comdisco Holding Co's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2014 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-1.08 Mil.
Comdisco Holding Co (OTCPK:CDCO) 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.
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Comdisco Holding Co (Comdisco Holding Co) Business Description
Comdisco Holding Company, Inc. was formed on August 8, 2002 for the purpose of selling, collecting or otherwise reducing to money in an orderly manner the remaining assets of the Company and all of its direct and indirect subsidiaries, including Comdisco, Inc. Comdisco emerged from chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings on August 12, 2002. Prior to the bankruptcy, Comdisco, Inc. provided technology services worldwide to help its customers maximize technology functionality, predictability, and availability, while freeing them from the complexity of managing their technology. Comdisco, Inc. offered leasing to key vertical industries, including semiconductor manufacturing and electronic assembly, healthcare, telecommunications, pharmaceutical, biotechnology and manufacturing. Through its Comdisco Ventures group, Comdisco, Inc. provided equipment leasing and other financing and services to venture capital-backed companies. The Company is engaged in selling, collecting or reducing its remaining assets to money as per its reorganization plan.
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