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Cartica Acquisition (Cartica Acquisition) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -1.87% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Cartica Acquisition Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Cartica Acquisition's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $108.95 Mil. Cartica Acquisition's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $-2.04 Mil. Cartica Acquisition's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -1.87%.

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

CITE' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -1.86   Med: 0   Max: 0
Current: -1.83

CITE's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
52.63% of 665 companies
in the Diversified Financial Services industry
Industry Median: -1.68 vs CITE: -1.83

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) %. Cartica Acquisition's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 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.


Cartica Acquisition Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Cartica Acquisition Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Cartica Acquisition Annual Data
Trend Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
- -0.74 -1.87

Cartica Acquisition Quarterly Data
Jan21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -0.74 -0.57 -1.87 -1.68 -1.87

Competitive Comparison of Cartica Acquisition's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Shell Companies subindustry, Cartica Acquisition'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.


Cartica Acquisition's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Diversified Financial Services Industry

For the Diversified Financial Services industry and Financial Services sector, Cartica Acquisition's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Cartica Acquisition 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.

Cartica Acquisitions Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-2.04/108.9538222
=-1.87 %

Cartica Acquisition's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-2.04 Mil.



Cartica Acquisition  (NAS:CITE) 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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Cartica Acquisition (Cartica Acquisition) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
1775 I Street NW, Suite 900, Washington, DC, USA, 20006
Cartica Acquisition Corp is a blank check company.
Executives
John F Levy director C/O WASHINGTON PRIME GROUP INC., 180 EAST BROAD STREET, COLUMBUS OH 43215
Kishore Kondragunta director 3524 SILVERSIDE ROAD, SUITE 35B, WILMINGTON DE 19810
Suresh Guduru director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Executive Officer 3524 SILVERSIDE ROAD, SUITE 35B, WILMINGTON DE 19810
Kyle I. Parent director 3524 SILVERSIDE ROAD, SUITE 35B3524, WILMINGTON DE 19801
Rana Gujral director 3524 SILVERSIDE ROAD, SUITE 35B, WILMINGTON DE 19810
Suresh Singamsetty director 3524 SILVERSIDE ROAD, SUITE 35B, WILMINGTON DE 19810
Asif Ramji director 3399 PEACHTREE ROAD NE, SUITE 1900, ATLANTA GA 30326
Parul Bhandari director 1775 I STREET NW, SUITE 910, WASHINGTON DC 20006
Cartica Acquisition Partners, Llc 10 percent owner 1775 I STREET NW, SUITE 910, WASHINGTON DC 20006
Steven J. Quamme director 1775 I STREET NW, SUITE 910, WASHINGTON DC 20006
Farida Khambata director 1775 I STREET NW, SUITE 910, WASHINGTON DC 20006
Sanjeev Goel director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 1775 I STREET NW, SUITE 910, WASHINGTON DC 20006
C. Brian Coad officer: COO and CFO 1775 I STREET NW, SUITE 910, WASHINGTON DC 20006
Keki M. Mistry director 1775 I STREET NW, SUITE 910, WASHINGTON DC 20006
Subramanian Ramadorai director 1775 I STREET NW, SUITE 910, WASHINGTON DC 20006