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Huntwicke Capital Group (Huntwicke Capital Group) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -1.38% (As of Jan. 2017)


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What is Huntwicke Capital Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Huntwicke Capital Group's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2017 was $18.01 Mil. Huntwicke Capital Group's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2017 was $-0.26 Mil. Huntwicke Capital Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2017 was -1.38%.

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

HCGI's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Asset Management industry.
Industry Median: 0
* 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) %. Huntwicke Capital Group's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2017 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.


Huntwicke Capital Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Huntwicke Capital Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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Huntwicke Capital Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Huntwicke Capital Group Annual Data
Trend Apr11 Apr12 Apr13 Apr14 Apr15 Apr16
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial -0.01 - - -0.01 -0.56

Huntwicke Capital Group Quarterly Data
Apr12 Jul12 Oct12 Jan13 Apr13 Jul13 Oct13 Jan14 Apr14 Jul14 Oct14 Jan15 Apr15 Jul15 Oct15 Jan16 Apr16 Jul16 Oct16 Jan17
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 -0.62 -0.56 -0.63 -1.19 -1.38

Competitive Comparison of Huntwicke Capital Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Asset Management subindustry, Huntwicke Capital Group'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.


Huntwicke Capital Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Huntwicke Capital Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Huntwicke Capital Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Huntwicke Capital Group 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.

Huntwicke Capital Groups Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Apr. 2016 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-0.087/15.70713
=-0.55 %

Huntwicke Capital Group's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2017 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-0.26 Mil.



Huntwicke Capital Group  (OTCPK:HCGI) 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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Huntwicke Capital Group (Huntwicke Capital Group) Business Description

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Address
7 Grove Street, Suite 201, Topsfield, MA, USA, 01983
Huntwicke Capital Group Inc is an investment holding company. The company's operating segment Real Estate; Financial Services, Soccer Operations. It generates maximum revenue from the Financial Services segment. The Financial Services segment manages financial portfolios and assets for a fee, and clear private placement transactions for high net worth customers and institutional customers.

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