What is Peoples Educational Holdings Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?
Peoples Educational Holdings's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in May. 2012 was $11.80 Mil.
Peoples Educational Holdings's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in May. 2012 was $-7.38 Mil. Peoples Educational Holdings's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in May. 2012 was 0.00%.
The historical rank and industry rank for Peoples Educational Holdings's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:
PEDH's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Media - Diversified industry.
Industry Median: 2.98 * 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) %. Peoples Educational Holdings's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in May. 2012 was 62.40%. 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.
Peoples Educational Holdings Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data
The historical data trend for Peoples Educational Holdings's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
For the Publishing subindustry, Peoples Educational Holdings'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.
Peoples Educational Holdings's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry
For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Peoples Educational Holdings's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Peoples Educational Holdings's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.
In his book, The Little That Beat the Market, hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt defines Earnings Yield as operating income divided by enterprise value.
Peoples Educational Holdingss Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in May. 2012 is calculated as
Peoples Educational Holdings's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in May. 2012 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-7.38 Mil.
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.
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Peoples Educational Holdings (Peoples Educational Holdings) Business Description
Peoples Educational Holdings Inc develops and sells proprietary print and digital education products which are predominantly state-specific and standards-based, focused on state-required tests. The company operates through Test Preparation, Assessment, and Instruction Product Group. Test Preparation and Assessment segment create and sell print and digital products targeted to grades 1-12 to help students prepare for state proficiency tests. Instruction segment includes two product lines Focused Instruction and remedial and multicultural-related materials. Geographically, the business activities are carried out through United States.
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