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Viewtran Group (Viewtran Group) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -6.72% (As of Dec. 2013)


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What is Viewtran Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Viewtran Group's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2013 was $-70.0 Mil. Viewtran Group's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2013 was $12.5 Mil. Viewtran Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2013 was -6.72%.

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

VIEWF's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Credit Services industry.
Industry Median: 0.83
* 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) %. Viewtran Group's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2013 was -4.98%. 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.


Viewtran Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Viewtran Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Viewtran Group Annual Data
Trend Dec04 Dec05 Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 7.65 8.40 -45.87 -57.47 -6.72

Viewtran Group Quarterly Data
Mar09 Jun09 Sep09 Dec09 Mar10 Jun10 Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13
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 -57.47 -85.47 -46.73 -6.42 -6.72

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

For the Credit Services subindustry, Viewtran Group'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.


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

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

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



Viewtran Group 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.

Viewtran Groups Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2013 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=4.466/-69.965545
=-6.38 %

Viewtran Group's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2013 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $12.5 Mil.



Viewtran Group  (OTCPK:VIEWF) 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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Viewtran Group (Viewtran Group) Business Description

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Address
Room 1501, Tower C, Skyworth Building, High-Tech Industrial Park, Nanshan, Shenzhen, CHN, 518057
Viewtran Group Inc provides supply chain financial services and enterprise solutions for the technology industry in China. It has Product Sales and Service Revenue segments. Products sales segment comprises sale of components for digital media, telecommunication system and equipment and industrial applications end-markets. Service revenue segment encompasses provision of technology and engineering services, business process outsourcing, network, system integration and related training and maintenance services. The company mainly operates in China.

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