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ForU Holdings (ForU Holdings) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 0.00% (As of Sep. 2011)


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What is ForU Holdings Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

ForU Holdings's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2011 was $10.32 Mil. ForU Holdings's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2011 was $-1.85 Mil. ForU Holdings's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2011 was 0.00%.

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

FORU's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Biotechnology industry.
Industry Median: -15.95
* 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) %. ForU Holdings's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2011 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.


ForU Holdings Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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ForU Holdings Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

ForU Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
-106.38 -54.95 -63.29 -8.76

ForU Holdings Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of ForU Holdings's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Biotechnology subindustry, ForU Holdings'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.


ForU Holdings's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, ForU Holdings's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



ForU Holdings 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.

ForU Holdingss Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2010 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-1.977/22.5802975
=-8.76 %

ForU Holdings's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2011 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-1.85 Mil.



ForU Holdings  (OTCPK:FORU) 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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ForU Holdings (ForU Holdings) Business Description

Industry
Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
117 S. Cook Street, Suite 184, Barrington, IL, USA, 60010
Website
ForU Holdings Inc is operating in the health and wellness space. The Company offers solutions for better physical, nutritional and emotional health worldwide.
Executives
Tad M Ballantyne director, officer: CEO 5118 HUNT CLUB ROAD, RACINE WI 53402

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