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Fred. Olsen Production ASA (OSL:FOP) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 7.01% (As of Dec. 2012)


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What is Fred. Olsen Production ASA Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Fred. Olsen Production ASA's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2012 was kr1,298.5 Mil. Fred. Olsen Production ASA's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2012 was kr83.0 Mil. Fred. Olsen Production ASA's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2012 was 7.01%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Fred. Olsen Production ASA's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:

OSL:FOP' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.1   Med: 3.8   Max: 7.3
Current: 6.6

During the past 7 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Fred. Olsen Production ASA was 7.30%. The lowest was 3.10%. And the median was 3.80%.

OSL:FOP's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked
in the Oil & Gas industry.
Industry Median: 6.48 vs OSL:FOP: 6.60

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) %. Fred. Olsen Production ASA's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2012 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.


Fred. Olsen Production ASA Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Fred. Olsen Production ASA's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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Fred. Olsen Production ASA Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Fred. Olsen Production ASA Annual Data
Trend Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial -4.27 4.36 3.20 -5.07 7.01

Fred. Olsen Production ASA Semi-Annual Data
Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Get a 7-Day Free Trial -4.27 4.36 3.20 -5.07 7.01

Competitive Comparison of Fred. Olsen Production ASA's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Oil & Gas Equipment & Services subindustry, Fred. Olsen Production ASA'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.


Fred. Olsen Production ASA's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Fred. Olsen Production ASA's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Fred. Olsen Production ASA's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Fred. Olsen Production ASA 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.

Fred. Olsen Production ASAs Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2012 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=82.993/1298.546
=6.39 %

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.



Fred. Olsen Production ASA  (OSL:FOP) 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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Fred. Olsen Production ASA (OSL:FOP) Business Description

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Fred Olsen Production ASA, formerly Yinson Production AS was founded in 1983. The Company provides offshore support services. Its segments include transport, marine, trading, and other. The transport segment includes the provision of commercial land transportation, haulage and shipping services. The marine segment comprises provision of vessel, barge and marine related services. The trading segment comprises the trading activities mainly in the construction related materials. The other business segments include rental, insurance and investment income.

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