What is Motive Television Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?
Motive Television's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 was £0.00 Mil.
Motive Television's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2015 was £-10.85 Mil. Motive Television's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 was 0.00%.
The historical rank and industry rank for Motive Television's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:
LSE:MTV's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Media - Diversified industry.
Industry Median: 3.04 * 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) %. Motive Television's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 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.
Motive Television Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data
The historical data trend for Motive Television's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:
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Motive Television Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart
Competitive Comparison of Motive Television's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
For the Broadcasting subindustry, Motive Television'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.
Motive Television's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry
For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Motive Television's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Motive Television's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.
Motive Television 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.
Motive Televisions Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2014 is calculated as
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.
Motive Television (LSE:MTV) 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.
Motive Television Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Related Terms
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Motive Television PLC was incorporated in the United Kingdom on December 22, 2004. The Company along with its subsidiaries is engaged in providing software and services to Television Broadcasters. The Company operates in two segments including; Digital Television Technology and Television Production (Content). The Company's solution offering include Content Express and TabletTV enabling TV providers to offer audiences more, giving them a competitive edge and delivering new revenues. The Content Express enables viewers to watch whatever they want, when they want, on any screen without having to build new networks. The Content Express software provides secure delivery and management of non-linear digital content across any type of broadcast network to any consumer-facing screen. It provides one-stop shop for digital terrestrial broadcasters, satellite, DTT, and cable pay television platforms, and Internet OTT content providers to offer new services including Video on Demand, Catch-up television, Tablet Television, Targeted Advertising for VOD, Mocast for 4G LTE, and Virtual channels and Video2Go. The Tablet TV designed to address the U.S. tablet and smartphone market, meeting the demand for watching long-form video on devices.
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