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Electronic Control Security (Electronic Control Security) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -163.93% (As of Mar. 2014)


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What is Electronic Control Security Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Electronic Control Security's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2014 was $1.10 Mil. Electronic Control Security's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2014 was $-1.66 Mil. Electronic Control Security's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2014 was -163.93%.

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

EKCS's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Business Services industry.
Industry Median: 5.675
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % only.

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) %. Electronic Control Security's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2014 was 7.50%. 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.


Electronic Control Security Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Electronic Control Security's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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Electronic Control Security Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Electronic Control Security Annual Data
Trend Jun04 Jun05 Jun06 Jun07 Jun08 Jun09 Jun10 Jun11 Jun12 Jun13
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -21.46 15.65 17.42 -106.38 -92.59

Electronic Control Security Quarterly Data
Jun09 Sep09 Dec09 Mar10 Jun10 Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14
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 -48.78 -92.59 -73.53 -142.86 -163.93

Competitive Comparison of Electronic Control Security's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Security & Protection Services subindustry, Electronic Control Security'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.


Electronic Control Security's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Electronic Control Security's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Electronic Control Security's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Electronic Control Security 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.

Electronic Control Securitys Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2013 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-1.326/1.427032
=-92.92 %

Electronic Control Security's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2014 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-1.66 Mil.



Electronic Control Security  (OTCPK:EKCS) 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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Electronic Control Security (Electronic Control Security) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
790 Bloomfield Avenue, Building C-1, Clifton, NJ, USA, 07012
Electronic Control Security Inc is a single source security technology provider. It designs, manufactures, and supplies standalone and fully integrated state-of-the-art entry control and perimeter intrusion detection systems for the Department of Defense, Department of Energy, nuclear power stations, and various international customers. ECSI designs and interfaces commercial-off-the-shelf hardware, offering systems that are cost-effective and flexible to achieve a secure and normal environment for a facility. Its products are Advanced Radar Technologies; Water Infrastructure Sensing Equipment; Flight Line Security and Others.
Executives
Stephen Rossetti director 5408 DUVALL DR, BETHESDA MD 20816-1872
Gordon E Fornell director
Norman J Barta director C/O NEPHROS, INC., 3960 BROADWAY, NEW YORK NY 10032

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