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Propellus (Propellus) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -158.73% (As of Jun. 2018)


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What is Propellus Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Propellus's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2018 was $-0.39 Mil. Propellus's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2018 was $-1.74 Mil. Propellus's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2018 was -158.73%.

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

PRPS's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Credit Services industry.
Industry Median: 0.86
* 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) %. Propellus's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2018 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.


Propellus Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Propellus'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.

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Propellus Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Propellus Annual Data
Trend Mar09 Mar10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial -416.67 51.28 -243.90 -18.59 -238.10

Propellus Quarterly Data
Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18
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 -123.46 41.67 -400.00 1,250.00 -158.73

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

For the Credit Services subindustry, Propellus'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.


Propellus's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Credit Services Industry

For the Credit Services industry and Financial Services sector, Propellus's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Propellus 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.

Propelluss Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2016 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-1.021/-1.4448288
=70.67 %

Propellus's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2018 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-1.74 Mil.



Propellus  (OTCPK:PRPS) 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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Propellus (Propellus) Business Description

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Address
32 Monmouth Street, Suite 312, Red Bank, New Jersey, NJ, USA, 07701
Propellus Inc provides cash flow financing to small businesses that are repaid from future accounts receivable of its customers to support the growth of its customers. It offers small businesses a variety of financing alternatives, including cash advances against receivables, payroll advances (directly and through third-party professional employer organizations), invoice factoring, short-term lines of credit, and other types of loan products and cash flow financing.

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