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True North Energy (True North Energy) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 0.00% (As of Oct. 2008)


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What is True North Energy Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

True North Energy's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2008 was $9.55 Mil. True North Energy's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Oct. 2008 was $-0.84 Mil. True North Energy's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2008 was 0.00%.

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

TNEN's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Oil & Gas industry.
Industry Median: 6.35
* 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) %. True North Energy's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2008 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.


True North Energy Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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True North Energy Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

True North Energy Annual Data
Trend Apr05 Apr06 Apr07 Apr08
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
-10.00 -0.71 18.66 -322.58

True North Energy Quarterly Data
Jul05 Oct05 Jan06 Apr06 Jul06 Oct06 Jan07 Apr07 Jul07 Oct07 Jan08 Apr08 Jul08 Oct08
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Competitive Comparison of True North Energy's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Oil & Gas E&P subindustry, True North Energy'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.


True North Energy's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, True North Energy's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



True North Energy 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.

True North Energys Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Apr. 2008 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-10.494/3.2279278
=-325.10 %

True North Energy's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Oct. 2008 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-0.84 Mil.



True North Energy  (OTCPK:TNEN) 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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True North Energy (True North Energy) Business Description

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Address
7151 Gaston Avenue, Suite 801, Dallas, TX, USA, 75214
True North Energy Corp is an independent oil and gas company. It is engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development, and production of oil and gas properties located throughout the United States. The company currently holds assets in Colorado and Oklahoma.