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Pioneering Technology (Pioneering Technology) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -38.91% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Pioneering Technology Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Pioneering Technology's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.84 Mil. Pioneering Technology's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $-0.43 Mil. Pioneering Technology's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -38.91%.

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

PTEFF' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -1205.65   Med: -23.71   Max: 1065.91
Current: -47.85

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Pioneering Technology was 1065.91%. The lowest was -1205.65%. And the median was -23.71%.

PTEFF's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
96.67% of 1111 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 5.63 vs PTEFF: -47.85

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) %. Pioneering Technology'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.


Pioneering Technology Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Pioneering Technology Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Pioneering Technology Annual Data
Trend Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -833.33 -18.55 -46.95 -26.81 -39.37

Pioneering Technology 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 -34.25 -21.01 -24.57 -39.37 -38.91

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

For the Security & Protection Services subindustry, Pioneering Technology'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.


Pioneering Technology's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Pioneering Technology's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Pioneering Technology 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.

Pioneering Technologys Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-0.438/1.2337106
=-35.50 %

Pioneering Technology'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 $-0.43 Mil.



Pioneering Technology  (OTCPK:PTEFF) 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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Pioneering Technology (Pioneering Technology) Business Description

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Address
2400 Skymark Avenue, Unit 7, Mississauga, ON, CAN, L4W 5K5
Pioneering Technology Corp is a Canadian-based company. The company is focused on designing, engineering, and producing technology that protects people and their property from cooking fires. It operates in one business segment is the development, manufacture, and sale of products intended to save energy and offer consumer convenience and safety. It offers products that provide effective cooking fire prevention solutions for both the residential and commercial markets. Its product portfolio includes Safe-T-element, SmartBurner, RangeMinder, and Safe-T-sensor. Its geographical coverage includes Canada and the United States whereas it generates the majority of its revenue from the United States.

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