What is FTE Networks Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?
FTE Networks's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2018 was $180.9 Mil.
FTE Networks's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2018 was $-19.9 Mil. FTE Networks's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2018 was -12.11%.
The historical rank and industry rank for FTE Networks's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:
FTNW's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Hardware industry.
Industry Median: 3.24 * 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) %. FTE Networks's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 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.
FTE Networks Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data
The historical data trend for FTE Networks's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % 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.
Competitive Comparison of FTE Networks's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
For the Communication Equipment subindustry, FTE Networks'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.
FTE Networks's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Hardware Industry
For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, FTE Networks's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where FTE Networks's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.
In his book, The Little That Beat the Market, hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt defines Earnings Yield as operating income divided by enterprise value.
FTE Networkss Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2017 is calculated as
FTE Networks's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2018 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-19.9 Mil.
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.
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FTE Networks Inc is a US-based company which acts as a provider of international and regional telecommunications and technology systems and infrastructure services. It also offers managed information technology, telecommunications services, subscriber-based services and staffing solutions through its wholly-owned subsidiaries. The services provided by the company include engineering consulting, design, installation, maintenance, and emergency response in various categories including cabling, equipment installation and configuration, rack and stack, wiring build-outs, infrastructure build-outs, fiber cable splicing and testing. The company manages its business into two segments namely Telecommunication and Staffing. The majority of the company's revenue comes from Telecommunication segment.
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