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APT Systems (APT Systems) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 0.00% (As of Oct. 2018)


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What is APT Systems Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

APT Systems's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2018 was $4.28 Mil. APT Systems's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Oct. 2018 was $-1.21 Mil. APT Systems's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2018 was 0.00%.

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

APTY' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -98.04   Med: 0   Max: 0
Current: -81.97

APTY's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 1.41 vs APTY: -81.97

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) %. APT Systems's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2018 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.


APT Systems Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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APT Systems Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

APT Systems Annual Data
Trend Jan12 Jan13 Jan14 Jan15 Jan16 Jan17 Jan18
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial - - -0.46 - -39.84

APT Systems Quarterly Data
Jan14 Apr14 Jul14 Oct14 Jan15 Apr15 Jul15 Oct15 Jan16 Apr16 Jul16 Oct16 Jan17 Apr17 Jul17 Oct17 Jan18 Apr18 Jul18 Oct18
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 -34.13 -39.84 - -29.41 -

Competitive Comparison of APT Systems's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Software - Application subindustry, APT Systems'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.


APT Systems's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, APT Systems's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



APT Systems 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.

APT Systemss Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2018 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-1.309/3.28737
=-39.82 %

APT Systems's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Oct. 2018 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-1.21 Mil.



APT Systems  (OTCPK:APTY) 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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APT Systems Inc operates as a Fintech company to engage in the creation of innovative financial platforms, and financial apps and imagining new visual solutions for charting the financial markets. The company has studied and participated in Know Your Customer and Anti-Money Laundering data managing techniques used by large financial institutions to create risk management reports and validate identity claims for persons accessing financial applications. The company is also developing credentials for verifying and reporting on an accredited investor's status.