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Precision Auto Care (Precision Auto Care) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 10.59% (As of Mar. 2017)


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What is Precision Auto Care Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Precision Auto Care's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2017 was $17.47 Mil. Precision Auto Care's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2017 was $1.85 Mil. Precision Auto Care's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2017 was 10.59%.

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

PACI's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Personal Services industry.
Industry Median: 4.67
* 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) %. Precision Auto Care's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2017 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.


Precision Auto Care Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Precision Auto Care's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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Precision Auto Care Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Precision Auto Care Annual Data
Trend Jun02 Jun03 Jun04 Jun05 Jun06 Jun07 Jun08 Jun14 Jun15 Jun16
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 11.38 25.00 27.62 - 18.76

Precision Auto Care Quarterly Data
Mar07 Jun07 Sep07 Dec07 Mar08 Jun08 Sep08 Dec08 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17
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 7.69 18.76 18.21 13.53 10.59

Competitive Comparison of Precision Auto Care's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Personal Services subindustry, Precision Auto Care'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.


Precision Auto Care's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Personal Services Industry

For the Personal Services industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Precision Auto Care's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Precision Auto Care's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Precision Auto Care 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.

Precision Auto Cares Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2016 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=1.946/10.3777
=18.75 %

Precision Auto Care's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2017 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $1.85 Mil.



Precision Auto Care  (OTCPK:PACI) 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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Precision Auto Care (Precision Auto Care) Business Description

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Precision Auto Care Inc provides automotive maintenance services. The company's operations include Precision Tune Auto Care, an international franchisor of automotive service centers; Precision Auto Wash, an operator and franchisor of self-service car wash centers; and Precision Lube Express, an operator and franchisor of oil change and lube centers. Precision Auto Care also distributes automotive parts, equipment, and supplies.