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Oculus VisionTech (Oculus VisionTech) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -21.23% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Oculus VisionTech Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Oculus VisionTech's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $2.84 Mil. Oculus VisionTech's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $-0.60 Mil. Oculus VisionTech's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -21.23%.

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

OVTZ' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -39.06   Med: -7.8   Max: -1.24
Current: -16.75

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Oculus VisionTech was -1.24%. The lowest was -39.06%. And the median was -7.80%.

OVTZ's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
82.63% of 2862 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 1.175 vs OVTZ: -16.75

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) %. Oculus VisionTech's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 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.


Oculus VisionTech Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Oculus VisionTech Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Oculus VisionTech Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -2.57 -2.30 -2.27 -20.88 -21.23

Oculus VisionTech Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 -20.88 -19.57 -25.32 -15.70 -21.23

Competitive Comparison of Oculus VisionTech's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Oculus VisionTech'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.


Oculus VisionTech's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Oculus VisionTech's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Oculus VisionTech 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.

Oculus VisionTechs Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-0.603/2.84166128
=-21.22 %

Oculus VisionTech's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-0.60 Mil.



Oculus VisionTech  (OTCPK:OVTZ) 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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Oculus VisionTech (Oculus VisionTech) Business Description

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837 West Hastings Street, Suite 507, Vancouver, BC, CAN, V6C 3N6
Oculus VisionTech Inc. is a Canadian-based development-stage technology company focused on cyber security, data privacy and data protection solutions for Enterprise business customers.
Executives
Anton J Drescher director, officer: Chief Financial Officer (CFO) 837 WEST HASTINGS STREET #507, VANCOUVER BC, CANADA V6C 3N6 A1 0000
Fabrice Helliker director 507-837 WEST HASTINGS STREET, VANCOUVER A1 V6C 3N6
Michael Patrick Johnson director 2120 CAREY AVE., REGISTERED AGENCY SERVICES, INC., CHEYENNE WY 82001
Shawn Norman Nichols director 326 BROOKE AVENUE, TORONTO A6 M5M2L3
Rowland Perkins director, officer: Chief Executive Officer (CEO) 751 WOODPARK ROAD SW, CALGARY A0 T2W 2S3
Tomislav Perovic director 6260 MULBERRY CRESCENT, MISSISSAUGA A6 L5V 1B7
Ronald K Wages director 1508 SIR GALLAHAN COURT, WAXHAW NC 28173
Usa Video Interactive Corp director, officer: President 837 WEST HASTINGS STREET, SUITE 507, VANCOUVER A1 V6C 3N6
Edwin Molina director, officer: President 8 WEST MAIN STREET, NIANTIC CT 06352
Smith Robert D Jr other: Resigned Director/Officer 90 VALLEY DRIVE, SALEM CT 06420
Maurice Loverso director 8378 MAURICE DEPLESISS, MONTREAL A8 HIE 3A3

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