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Video Display (Video Display) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -19.46% (As of Nov. 2023)


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What is Video Display Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Video Display's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2023 was $8.27 Mil. Video Display's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Nov. 2023 was $-1.61 Mil. Video Display's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2023 was -19.46%.

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

VIDE' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -222.94   Med: -21.63   Max: 8.9
Current: -19.19

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Video Display was 8.90%. The lowest was -222.94%. And the median was -21.63%.

VIDE's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
90.87% of 2475 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 3.38 vs VIDE: -19.19

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) %. Video Display's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2023 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.


Video Display Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Video Display Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Video Display Annual Data
Trend Feb14 Feb15 Feb16 Feb17 Feb18 Feb19 Feb20 Feb21 Feb22 Feb23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.41 -14.66 4.68 -40.16 -19.88

Video Display Quarterly Data
Feb19 May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23
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 -14.47 -19.88 -26.18 -21.10 -19.46

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

For the Computer Hardware subindustry, Video Display'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.


Video Display's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Video Display's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Video Display 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.

Video Displays Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Feb. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-1.978/9.94554
=-19.89 %

Video Display's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Nov. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-1.61 Mil.



Video Display  (OTCPK:VIDE) 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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Video Display (Video Display) Business Description

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Address
5155 King Street, Cocoa, FL, USA, 32926
Video Display Corp is a provider and manufacturer of video products, components, and systems for the visual display and presentation of electronic information media in a range of requirements and environments. It designs, engineers, manufactures, markets, distributes, and installs display products and systems, from basic components to systems, for Government, military, aerospace, medical, industrial, and commercial organizations. The company operates in one segment which is simulation, training, and display products. Its products lines include Dome Aircraft Simulator Display Systems, Multi-Faceted Aircraft Simulator Display Systems, Video Walls for Broadcast and Control Centers, Rugged Flat Panel Displays and Computers, Projector and Monitor Upgrades, and Projection Screens.
Executives
Ronald D Ordway director, 10 percent owner, officer: CEO 1868 TUCKER INDL RD, TUCKER GA 30084
Jonathan R Ordway 10 percent owner
David Saunders Cooper director 2476 OLDFIELD ROAD NW, ATLANTA GA 30327
Lusby Roger Winfield Iii director 5604 BAHIA MAR CIRCLE, STONE MOUNTAIN GA 30087
Gregory Lee Osborn director, officer: Chief Financial Officer 1374 CARRINGTON WAY, LAWRENCEVILLE GA 30044
David Allen Heiden officer: President & COO 6078 WINDSONG WAY, STONE MOUNTAIN GA 30087
Ervin Kuczogi director P O BOX 353, WHITE MILLS PA 18473
Michael Delen Boyd officer: CFO 1451 BEVERLY DRIVE, ATHENS GA 30606
Thibeault Ernest Joseph Iii director 603 OLD MAMMOTH ROAD, LONDONDERRY NH 03053
Carolyn C Howard director 279 MOUNTAIN ROAD, JAFFREY NH 03452
Carleton E Sawyer director C/O VIDEO DISPLAY CORP, 13 PINE RIDGE RD, LOUDON NH 03307-0830
Murray G Fox director, officer: CEO - Fox International, Ltd
Carol D Franklin officer: CFO
Peter Frend director 1107 LIBERTY SQUARE RD, BOXBOROUGH MA 01719

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