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PrimeCare Systems (PrimeCare Systems) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 0.00% (As of Mar. 2011)


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What is PrimeCare Systems Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

PrimeCare Systems's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2011 was $1.28 Mil. PrimeCare Systems's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2011 was $-0.35 Mil. PrimeCare Systems's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2011 was 0.00%.

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

PCYS's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Healthcare Providers & Services industry.
Industry Median: 2.57
* 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) %. PrimeCare Systems's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2011 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.


PrimeCare Systems Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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PrimeCare Systems Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

PrimeCare Systems Annual Data
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Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
- - -14.71 -35.71 -14.04

PrimeCare Systems Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of PrimeCare Systems's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Health Information Services subindustry, PrimeCare Systems'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.


PrimeCare Systems's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Healthcare Providers & Services Industry

For the Healthcare Providers & Services industry and Healthcare sector, PrimeCare Systems's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



PrimeCare Systems 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.

PrimeCare Systemss Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2010 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-0.332/2.36356
=-14.05 %

PrimeCare Systems's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2011 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-0.35 Mil.



PrimeCare Systems  (OTCPK:PCYS) 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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PrimeCare Systems (PrimeCare Systems) Business Description

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Address
610 Thimble Shoals Boulevard, Suite 402 A, Newport News, VA, USA, 23606
PrimeCare Systems Inc develops and markets software and diagnostic products for the healthcare industry.

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