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Sphere Medical Holding (LSE:SPHR) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -54.05% (As of Dec. 2016)


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What is Sphere Medical Holding Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Sphere Medical Holding's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2016 was £9.52 Mil. Sphere Medical Holding's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2016 was £-5.14 Mil. Sphere Medical Holding's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2016 was -54.05%.

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

LSE:SPHR' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -1653.3   Med: -42.6   Max: 3825.4
Current: 191.74

During the past 9 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Sphere Medical Holding was 3825.40%. The lowest was -1653.30%. And the median was -42.60%.

LSE:SPHR's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked
in the Medical Devices & Instruments industry.
Industry Median: 0 vs LSE:SPHR: 191.74

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) %. Sphere Medical Holding's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2016 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.


Sphere Medical Holding Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sphere Medical Holding's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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Sphere Medical Holding Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Sphere Medical Holding Annual Data
Trend Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only -37.88 -72.46 -57.80 -109.89 -54.05

Sphere Medical Holding Semi-Annual Data
Dec11 Jun12 Dec12 Jun13 Dec13 Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -57.80 - -109.89 - -54.05

Competitive Comparison of Sphere Medical Holding's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Medical Devices subindustry, Sphere Medical Holding'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.


Sphere Medical Holding's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Medical Devices & Instruments Industry

For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, Sphere Medical Holding's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Sphere Medical Holding's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Sphere Medical Holding 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.

Sphere Medical Holdings Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2016 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-5.141/9.5174
=-54.02 %

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.



Sphere Medical Holding  (LSE:SPHR) 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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Sphere Medical Holding (LSE:SPHR) Business Description

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Address
Harston Mill, Harston, Cambridge, GBR, CB22 7GG
Sphere Medical Holding Ltd is a UK-based company which is engaged in research and development, manufacturing and sale of medical monitoring and diagnostic equipment within the medical device area. It focuses on developing the Proxima platform for measuring blood gases, electrolytes and metabolites. Proxima is an in-line patient dedicated arterial blood analyser which supports frequent measurements at critical times. It markets its product (Proxima) to critical care market which includes ICU (Intensive Care Unit) and OR (Operating Room). The company's products are used in medical applications, enabling faster clinical decision-making and improved patient outcomes. It operates is business in single reporting segment of Medical devices. Most of the company's revenue comes from Europe.