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Track Data (Track Data) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 0.00% (As of Sep. 2009)


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What is Track Data Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Track Data's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2009 was $3.40 Mil. Track Data's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2009 was $2.82 Mil. Track Data's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2009 was 0.00%.

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

TRAC' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0   Med: 0   Max: 175.44
Current: 175.44

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Track Data was 175.44%. The lowest was 0.00%. And the median was 0.00%.

TRAC's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked
in the Capital Markets industry.
Industry Median: 2.73 vs TRAC: 175.44

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) %. Track Data's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2009 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.


Track Data Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Track Data Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

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Trend Dec99 Dec00 Dec01 Dec02 Dec03 Dec04 Dec05 Dec06 Dec07 Dec08
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
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Competitive Comparison of Track Data's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Capital Markets subindustry, Track Data'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.


Track Data's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Capital Markets Industry

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

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



Track Data 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.

Track Datas Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2008 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=2.562/-3.95748
=-64.74 %

Track Data's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2009 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $2.82 Mil.



Track Data  (OTCPK:TRAC) 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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Track Data Corp is a financial services company. It provides real-time financial market data, fundamental research, charting and analytical services to institutional and individual investors through telecommunication lines and the Internet.
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