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Caliber Imaging & Diagnostics (Caliber Imaging & Diagnostics) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: -54.95% (As of Mar. 2014)
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Caliber Imaging & Diagnostics's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2014 was $10.42 Mil. Caliber Imaging & Diagnostics's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2014 was $-5.30 Mil. Caliber Imaging & Diagnostics's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2014 was -54.95%.

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

LCDX's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Medical Devices & Instruments industry.
Industry Median: 0.185
* 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) %. Caliber Imaging & Diagnostics's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 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.


Caliber Imaging & Diagnostics Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Caliber Imaging & Diagnostics'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.

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Caliber Imaging & Diagnostics Annual Data
Trend Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
- - - -50.00 -30.12

Caliber Imaging & Diagnostics Quarterly Data
Dec09 Mar10 Jun10 Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % 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 Premium Member Only -69.93 -94.34 -89.29 -30.12 -54.95

Competitive Comparison

For the Medical Devices subindustry, Caliber Imaging & Diagnostics'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.


Caliber Imaging & Diagnostics Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, Caliber Imaging & Diagnostics's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Caliber Imaging & Diagnostics's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Caliber Imaging & Diagnostics 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.

Caliber Imaging & Diagnosticss Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2013 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-4.718/15.6740535
=-30.10 %

Caliber Imaging & Diagnostics's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2014 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-5.30 Mil.



Caliber Imaging & Diagnostics  (OTCPK:LCDX) 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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Caliber Imaging & Diagnostics (Caliber Imaging & Diagnostics) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
100 Burtt Road, Suite 203, Andover, MA, USA, 01810
Caliber Imaging & Diagnostics Inc is a medical device company engaged in developing, manufacturing, marketing & selling point-of-care cellular imaging systems to diagnose skin cancer. It offers clinical imaging and research imaging solutions that shows tissue at the cellular level. Its products portfolio includes; VivaScope; VivaScope 3000, 1500 & 2500; and VivaNet and VivaScan.
Executives
Paul Stuka director C/O OSIRIS PARTNERS, LLC, ONE LIBERTY SQUARE, 5TH FLOOR, BOSTON MA 02109
William J Shea director, 10 percent owner 11825 N PENNSYLVANIA ST, CARMEL IN 46032
Kevin M Cronin director
Richard Christopher officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O LUCID, INC., 50 METHODIST HILL DR, SUITE 1000, ROCHESTER NY 14623
Martin Joseph Joyce officer: Chief Financial Officer 1050 HINGHAM STREET, ROCKLAND MA 02370
Matthew S Cox director 58 OAKWOOD DRIVE, CHAPEL HILL NC 27517

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