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Wireless Xcessories Group (Wireless Xcessories Group) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 24.57% (As of Dec. 2007)


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What is Wireless Xcessories Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Wireless Xcessories Group's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2007 was $3.65 Mil. Wireless Xcessories Group's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2007 was $0.91 Mil. Wireless Xcessories Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2007 was 24.57%.

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

WIRX's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Hardware industry.
Industry Median: 3.265
* 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) %. Wireless Xcessories Group's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2007 was 4.64%. 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.


Wireless Xcessories Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Wireless Xcessories Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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Wireless Xcessories Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Wireless Xcessories Group Annual Data
Trend Dec98 Dec99 Dec00 Dec01 Dec02 Dec03 Dec04 Dec05 Dec06 Dec07
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -27.86 13.89 10.76 10.22 24.57

Wireless Xcessories Group Quarterly Data
Mar03 Jun03 Sep03 Dec03 Mar04 Jun04 Sep04 Dec04 Mar05 Jun05 Sep05 Dec05 Mar06 Jun06 Sep06 Dec06 Mar07 Jun07 Sep07 Dec07
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 10.22 10.58 7.46 13.68 24.57

Competitive Comparison of Wireless Xcessories Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Wireless Xcessories Group'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.


Wireless Xcessories Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Hardware Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Wireless Xcessories Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Wireless Xcessories Group 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.

Wireless Xcessories Groups Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2007 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=0.907/3.646408
=24.87 %

Wireless Xcessories Group's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2007 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $0.91 Mil.



Wireless Xcessories Group  (OTCPK:WIRX) 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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Wireless Xcessories Group (Wireless Xcessories Group) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
1840 County Line Road, Suite 212, Huntingdon Valley, PA, USA, 19006
Wireless Xcessories Group Inc is a supplier of accessories for wireless products, Bluetooth products, OEM products and pouches across the US and worldwide. Its typical customer is a multi-location dealer, master agent, franchiser, or distributor, located in Canada and the Caribbean. Its product line consists of more than 5,000 items covering over 200 different handsets. It sources, designs, creates and markets more than 30 category items.
Executives
Brazdley T Macdonald director 3316 SERENITY WAY, OWINGS MILLS MD 21117

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