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Sevcon (Sevcon) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -11.88% (As of Jun. 2017)


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What is Sevcon Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Sevcon's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2017 was $0.00 Mil. Sevcon's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2017 was $-10.83 Mil. Sevcon's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2017 was -11.88%.

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

SEVAP.PFD' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -28.4   Med: 3.7   Max: 29.1
Current: -7.73

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Sevcon was 29.10%. The lowest was -28.40%. And the median was 3.70%.

SEVAP.PFD's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked
in the Semiconductors industry.
Industry Median: 1.97 vs SEVAP.PFD: -7.73

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) %. Sevcon's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Jun. 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.


Sevcon Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Sevcon Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Sevcon Annual Data
Trend Sep07 Sep08 Sep09 Sep10 Sep11 Sep12 Sep13 Sep14 Sep15 Sep16
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 11.19 -8.23 4.78 7.40 -10.87

Sevcon Quarterly Data
Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17
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 -4.30 -10.87 -16.39 -10.53 -11.88

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

For the Semiconductors subindustry, Sevcon'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.


Sevcon's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Semiconductors Industry

For the Semiconductors industry and Technology sector, Sevcon's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Sevcon 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-5.444/0
= %

Sevcon's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2017 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-10.83 Mil.



Sevcon  (OTCPK:SEVAP.PFD) 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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Sevcon (Sevcon) Business Description

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Sevcon Inc through its wholly-owned subsidiaries is engaged in designing and selling, under the Sevcon name, motor controls for zero emission electric and hybrid vehicles.
Executives
Bassi Holding S.r.l. 10 percent owner VIA MENSA 3/2, S. MARIA IN FABRIAGO, LUGO (RA) L6 48022
Andrea Bassi 10 percent owner, officer: General Manager, Bassi S.r.l VIA MENSA, 3/2 S MARIA IN FABRIAGO, LUGO RA L6 48022
David Sidlow officer: Managing Director, Sevcon Ltd KINGSWAY SOUTH, GATESHEAD, TYNE AND WEAR X0 NE11 0QA
Meson Constructive Capital Lp 10 percent owner 12 ARANA CIRCLE, SAUSALITO CA 94965
Matthew Goldfarb director C/O DIEBOLD NIXDORF, INCORPORATED, 5995 MAYFAIR ROAD, NORTH CANTON OH 44720
Ryan J. Morris director 531 E. STATE ST., ITHACA NY 14850
Glenn Angiolillo director C/O NYMAGIC INC, 919 THIRD AVENUE, 10TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Walter Milton Schenker director 1130 ROUTE 46, SUITE 22, PARSIPPANY NJ 07054
Frederick A Wang director 155 NORTHBORO ROAD, SOUTHBOROUGH MA 01772
William J Ketelhut director C/O ENERGY CONVERSION DEVICES INC, 2956 WATERVIEW DR, ROCHESTER HILLS MI 48309
Paul Neil Farquhar officer: Vice President and Treasurer 3 DUXBURY PARK, FATFIELD, WASHINGTON X0 NE38 8BJ
Marvin G Schorr director NINE HAMPSHIRE STREET, MANSFIELD MA 02048-9171
Bernard F Start director
Paul B Rosenberg director
Paul O Stump director C/O TECH/OPS SEVCON, INC., 155 NORTHBORO ROAD, SOUTHBOROUGH MA 01772