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Mendocino Brewing Co (Mendocino Brewing Co) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -8.31% (As of Sep. 2016)


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What is Mendocino Brewing Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Mendocino Brewing Co's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2016 was $13.75 Mil. Mendocino Brewing Co's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2016 was $-1.14 Mil. Mendocino Brewing Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2016 was -8.31%.

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

MENB's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Beverages - Alcoholic industry.
Industry Median: 5.05
* 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) %. Mendocino Brewing Co's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2016 was -42.47%. 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.


Mendocino Brewing Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Mendocino Brewing Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Mendocino Brewing Co Annual Data
Trend Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.90 6.88 -1.89 -6.46 -3.78

Mendocino Brewing Co Quarterly Data
Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16
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 -7.60 -3.78 -3.58 -4.79 -8.31

Competitive Comparison of Mendocino Brewing Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Beverages - Brewers subindustry, Mendocino Brewing 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.


Mendocino Brewing Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Beverages - Alcoholic Industry

For the Beverages - Alcoholic industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Mendocino Brewing Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Mendocino Brewing 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.

Mendocino Brewing Cos Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2015 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-0.54/14.307442
=-3.77 %

Mendocino Brewing Co's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2016 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-1.14 Mil.



Mendocino Brewing Co  (OTCPK:MENB) 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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Mendocino Brewing Co (Mendocino Brewing Co) Business Description

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Address
1601 Airport Road, Ukiah, CA, USA, 95482
Mendocino Brewing Co Inc belongs to the brewing industry. The company produces ales and lagers in its breweries in the United States. It functions through the segments, brewing operations, tavern and tasting room operations. The company's operations in the North American Territory consist primarily of brewing and marketing craft beers. The firm's operations in the Foreign Territory consist primarily of the marketing and distribution of Kingfisher Premium Lager in the Foreign Territory through Indian restaurants, chain retail grocers, liquor stores and other retail outlets.

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