Worldlink Group (LSE:WGP) EBIT : £ Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2010)

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What is Worldlink Group EBIT?

Worldlink Group's earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) for the six months ended in Dec. 2010 was £-3.65 Mil.

EBIT or Operating Income is linked to Return on Capital for both regular definition and Joel Greenblatt's definition. Worldlink Group's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2010 was -206.64%. Worldlink Group's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2010 was -365,100.00%.

EBIT is also linked to Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield.

Worldlink Group EBIT Historical Data

The historical data trend for Worldlink Group's EBIT can be seen below:

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Worldlink Group EBIT Chart

Worldlink Group Annual Data

Trend

Dec09

EBIT

-0.89

Worldlink Group Semi-Annual Data
	Dec09	Dec10
EBIT	-0.89	-3.65

Competitive Comparison of Worldlink Group's EBIT

For the Financial Data & Stock Exchanges subindustry, Worldlink Group'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.

Worldlink Group's EV-to-EBIT Distribution in the Capital Markets Industry

For the Capital Markets industry and Financial Services sector, Worldlink Group's EV-to-EBIT distribution charts can be found below:

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

Worldlink Group 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.

For stock reported annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data. EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2010 was £ Mil.

Worldlink Group (LSE:WGP) EBIT Explanation

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

Worldlink Group's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2010 is calculated as:

	ROC % (Q: Dec. 2010 )
=	NOPAT	/	Average Invested Capital
=	Operating Income * ( 1 - Tax Rate % )	/	( (Invested Capital (Q: Dec. 2009 )	+	Invested Capital (Q: Dec. 2010 ))	/ count )
=	-2.148 * ( 1 - 0% )	/	( (0.143	+	1.936)	/ 2 )
=	-2.148	/	1.0395
=	-206.64 %

where

	Invested Capital		(Q: Dec. 2009 )
=	Total Assets	-	Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	-	Excess Cash
=	Total Assets	-	Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	-	( Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	-	max(0, Total Current Liabilities	-	Total Current Assets	+	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	))
=	1.25	-	2.318	-	( 1.216	-	max(0, 2.46	-	1.249	+	1.216	))
=	0.143

	Invested Capital		(Q: Dec. 2010 )
=	Total Assets	-	Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	-	Excess Cash
=	Total Assets	-	Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	-	( Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	-	max(0, Total Current Liabilities	-	Total Current Assets	+	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	))
=	0.411	-	1.995	-	( 0.248	-	max(0, 3.93	-	0.41	+	0.248	))
=	1.936

Note: The Operating Income data used here is one times the annual (Dec. 2010) data.

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

Worldlink Group's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2010 is calculated as:

	ROC (Joel Greenblatt) %		(Q: Dec. 2010 )
=	EBIT	/	Average of (Net fixed Assets	+	Net Working Capital)
=	EBIT	/	Average of (Property, Plant and Equipment	+	Net Working Capital)
			Q: Dec. 2009		Q: Dec. 2010
=	EBIT	/	( ( (Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital)	+	(Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital) )	/	count )
=	-3.651	/	( ( (0.001 + max(-2.427, 0))	+	(0.001 + max(-3.768, 0)) )	/	2 )
=	-3.651	/	( ( 0.001	+	0.001 )	/	2 )
=	-3.651	/	0.001
=	-365,100.00 %

where Working Capital is:

	Working Capital		(Q: Dec. 2009 )
=	(Accounts Receivable	+	Total Inventories	+	Other Current Assets)	-	(Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	+	Defer. Rev.	+	Other Current Liabilities)
=	(0.033	+	0	+	2.2204460492503E-16)	-	(2.318	+	0	+	0.142)
=	-2.427

	Working Capital		(Q: Dec. 2010 )
=	(Accounts Receivable	+	Total Inventories	+	Other Current Assets)	-	(Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	+	Defer. Rev.	+	Other Current Liabilities)
=	(0.162	+	0	+	-5.5511151231258E-17)	-	(1.995	+	0	+	1.935)
=	-3.768

When net working capital is negative, 0 is used.

Note: The EBIT data used here is one times the annual (Dec. 2010) EBIT data.

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

Worldlink Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % for today is calculated as:

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %	=	EBIT (TTM)	/	Enterprise Value (Q: Dec. 2010 )
	=		/	3.363
	=	%

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Worldlink Group (LSE:WGP) Business Description

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Address

Alma Road, Suite 4A, Alma House, Reigate, GBR, RH2 0AX

Website

http://www.worldlink-data.com

Worldlink Group PLC provides a platform service through which it and third parties can deliver financial data and trading applications to consumers. It considers its business as two segments, Data and Financial Products, and Licensing.

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