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Next Fuel (Next Fuel) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -29.07% (As of Mar. 2015)


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What is Next Fuel Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Next Fuel's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2015 was $13.94 Mil. Next Fuel's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2015 was $-4.04 Mil. Next Fuel's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2015 was -29.07%.

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

NXFI's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Utilities - Regulated industry.
Industry Median: 6.565
* 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) %. Next Fuel's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 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.


Next Fuel Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Next Fuel's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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Next Fuel Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Next Fuel Annual Data
Trend Sep07 Sep08 Sep09 Sep10 Sep11 Sep12 Sep13 Sep14
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial -0.17 -51.55 -7.73 -16.53 -62.89

Next Fuel Quarterly Data
Jun10 Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15
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 -15.24 -69.44 -62.89 -16.26 -29.07

Competitive Comparison of Next Fuel's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Utilities - Regulated Gas subindustry, Next Fuel'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.


Next Fuel's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, Next Fuel's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Next Fuel's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Next Fuel 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.

Next Fuels Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2014 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-4.346/6.95675
=-62.47 %

Next Fuel's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2015 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-4.04 Mil.



Next Fuel  (GREY:NXFI) 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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Next Fuel (Next Fuel) Business Description

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821 Frank Street, Sheridan, WY, USA, 82801
Next Fuel Inc is a United States-based technology provider and service company. It assists owners of oil and natural gas production resources to increase the efficiency of their operations by providing technology and technical support services. The firm is focused on treating produced water and frac flow-backwaters in the oil and gas industry and thus is engaged in marketing and implementation of the Integra Disc Filter system. The Integra Disc Filtration System is a water treatment technology that is designed to remove concentrations of suspended solids from the industrial water streams. The company's target markets include power plants, tomato packing plants, PVC pipe manufacturers, oil and gas companies, computer chip manufacturers, and breweries.

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