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Vividend Management Group (JSE:VIF) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 0.00% (As of Feb. 2014)


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What is Vividend Management Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Vividend Management Group's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2014 was R2,603.2 Mil. Vividend Management Group's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2014 was R137.7 Mil. Vividend Management Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2014 was 0.00%.

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

JSE:VIF's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the REITs industry.
Industry Median: 2.88
* 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) %. Vividend Management Group's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2014 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.


Vividend Management Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Vividend Management Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Vividend Management Group Annual Data
Trend Aug11 Aug12 Aug13
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
4.45 5.13 4.67

Vividend Management Group Semi-Annual Data
Feb11 Feb12 Feb13 Feb14
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % - - - -

Competitive Comparison of Vividend Management Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the REIT - Diversified subindustry, Vividend Management 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.


Vividend Management Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the REITs Industry

For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, Vividend Management Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Vividend Management 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.

Vividend Management Groups Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2013 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=118.78/2541.76766
=4.67 %

For company reported semi-annually or annually, GuruFocus only calculate annual data for Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) and apply the annual figure to corresponding quarter.



Vividend Management Group  (JSE:VIF) 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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Vividend Management Group (JSE:VIF) Business Description

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Vividend Management Group was incorporated on 17 February 2010. It is a real estate investment trust ( REIT). The Company's portfolio consists of investments in assets and opportunities within the various property sectors in South Africa and abroad with primary focus on the retail, commercial, industrial and office sectors. The Company own a portfolio of 22 properties providing 223 444 square metres of retail and commercial space.

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