Auto Escape (XPAR:ALAUT) EBIT : € Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2012)

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What is Auto Escape EBIT?

Auto Escape's earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) for the six months ended in Mar. 2012 was €-0.42 Mil.

EBIT or Operating Income is linked to Return on Capital for both regular definition and Joel Greenblatt's definition. Auto Escape's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2012 was -4.87%. Auto Escape's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2012 was -208.18%.

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

Auto Escape EBIT Historical Data

The historical data trend for Auto Escape's EBIT can be seen below:

* 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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Auto Escape Annual Data

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Auto Escape Semi-Annual Data
	Mar11	Mar12
EBIT	-0.73	-0.42

Competitive Comparison of Auto Escape's EBIT

For the Rental & Leasing Services subindustry, Auto Escape'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.

Auto Escape's EV-to-EBIT Distribution in the Business Services Industry

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

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

Auto Escape 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 Mar. 2012 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was € Mil.

Auto Escape (XPAR:ALAUT) EBIT Explanation

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

Auto Escape's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2012 is calculated as:

	ROC % (Q: Mar. 2012 )
=	NOPAT	/	Average Invested Capital
=	Operating Income * ( 1 - Tax Rate % )	/	( (Invested Capital (Q: Mar. 2011 )	+	Invested Capital (Q: Mar. 2012 ))	/ count )
=	-0.84 * ( 1 - 0% )	/	( (12.797	+	21.665)	/ 2 )
=	-0.84	/	17.231
=	-4.87 %

where

	Invested Capital		(Q: Mar. 2011 )
=	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	))
=	19.316	-	7.711	-	( 2.12	-	max(0, 12.973	-	11.781	+	2.12	))
=	12.797

	Invested Capital		(Q: Mar. 2012 )
=	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	))
=	27.411	-	9.699	-	( 3.243	-	max(0, 20.884	-	16.931	+	3.243	))
=	21.665

Note: The Operating Income data used here is two times the semi-annual (Mar. 2012) data.

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

Auto Escape's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2012 is calculated as:

	ROC (Joel Greenblatt) %		(Q: Mar. 2012 )
=	EBIT	/	Average of (Net fixed Assets	+	Net Working Capital)
=	EBIT	/	Average of (Property, Plant and Equipment	+	Net Working Capital)
			Q: Mar. 2011		Q: Mar. 2012
=	EBIT	/	( ( (Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital)	+	(Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital) )	/	count )
=	-0.84	/	( ( (0.409 + max(-3.284, 0))	+	(0.398 + max(-4.439, 0)) )	/	2 )
=	-0.84	/	( ( 0.409	+	0.398 )	/	2 )
=	-0.84	/	0.4035
=	-208.18 %

where Working Capital is:

	Working Capital		(Q: Mar. 2011 )
=	(Accounts Receivable	+	Total Inventories	+	Other Current Assets)	-	(Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	+	Defer. Rev.	+	Other Current Liabilities)
=	(0	+	0	+	9.661)	-	(7.711	+	0	+	5.234)
=	-3.284

	Working Capital		(Q: Mar. 2012 )
=	(Accounts Receivable	+	Total Inventories	+	Other Current Assets)	-	(Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	+	Defer. Rev.	+	Other Current Liabilities)
=	(0	+	0	+	13.688)	-	(9.699	+	0	+	8.428)
=	-4.439

When net working capital is negative, 0 is used.

Note: The EBIT data used here is two times the semi-annual (Mar. 2012) EBIT data.

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

Auto Escape's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % for today is calculated as:

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %	=	EBIT (TTM)	/	Enterprise Value (Q: Mar. 2012 )
	=		/	11.191
	=	%

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