Ergo Science (Ergo Science) EBIT : $-3.02 Mil (TTM As of Sep. 2006)

Ergo Science EBIT Chart

Ergo Science Annual Data
	Trend	Dec96	Dec97	Dec98	Dec99	Dec00	Dec01	Dec02	Dec03	Dec04	Dec05
EBIT		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					-2.51	-1.01	-3.01	0.98	-2.59

Ergo Science Quarterly Data
	Dec01	Mar02	Jun02	Sep02	Dec02	Mar03	Jun03	Sep03	Dec03	Mar04	Jun04	Sep04	Dec04	Mar05	Jun05	Sep05	Dec05	Mar06	Jun06	Sep06
EBIT	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															-0.78	-	-1.77	-1.12	-0.12

Competitive Comparison of Ergo Science's EBIT

For the Staffing & Employment Services subindustry, Ergo Science's EV-to-EBIT, along with its competitors' market caps and EV-to-EBIT 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.

Ergo Science's EV-to-EBIT Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Ergo Science's EV-to-EBIT distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Ergo Science's EV-to-EBIT falls into.

Ergo Science EBIT Calculation

EBIT, sometimes also called Earnings Before Interest and Taxes, is a measure of a firm's profit that includes all expenses except interest and income tax expenses. It is the difference between operating revenues and operating expenses. When a firm does not have non-operating income, then Operating Income is sometimes used as a synonym for EBIT and operating profit.

EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2006 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-3.02 Mil.

* 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.

Ergo Science  (GREY:ERGN) EBIT Explanation

1. EBIT or Operating Income is linked to Return on Capital for both regular definition and Joel Greenblatt's definition.

Ergo Science's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2006 is calculated as:

where

Note: The Operating Income data used here is four times the quarterly (Sep. 2006) data.

2. Joel Greenblatt's definition of Return on Capital:

Ergo Science's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2006 is calculated as:

where Working Capital is:

When net working capital is negative, 0 is used.

Note: The EBIT data used here is four times the quarterly (Sep. 2006) EBIT data.

3. It is also linked to Joel Greenblatt's definition of Earnings Yield:

Ergo Science's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % for today is calculated as:

* 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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