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Ithaca Energy (Ithaca Energy) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -2.94% (As of Mar. 2017)


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What is Ithaca Energy Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Ithaca Energy's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2017 was $1,237.4 Mil. Ithaca Energy's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2017 was $-37.8 Mil. Ithaca Energy's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2017 was -2.94%.

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

IACAF's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Oil & Gas industry.
Industry Median: 6.56
* 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) %. Ithaca Energy's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2017 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.


Ithaca Energy Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Ithaca Energy Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Ithaca Energy Annual Data
Trend Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 7.17 -5.72 -28.41 -36.23 -4.97

Ithaca Energy Quarterly Data
Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17
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 -40.32 -36.23 -44.25 -4.97 -2.94

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

For the Oil & Gas E&P subindustry, Ithaca Energy'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.


Ithaca Energy's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Ithaca Energy's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Ithaca Energy 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.

Ithaca Energys Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2016 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-60.467/1137.93975
=-5.31 %

Ithaca Energy's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2017 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-37.8 Mil.



Ithaca Energy  (OTCPK:IACAF) 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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Ithaca Energy Inc was incorporated on April 27, 2004 and is domiciled in Alberta, Canada. The Company is a North Sea oil and gas operator focused on the delivery of lower risk growth through the appraisal and development of UK undeveloped discoveries, the exploitation of its existing UK producing asset portfolio.

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