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Forsstrom High Frequency AB (XSAT:FOHF B) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -34.48% (As of Apr. 2014)


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What is Forsstrom High Frequency AB Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Forsstrom High Frequency AB's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2014 was kr0.00 Mil. Forsstrom High Frequency AB's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Apr. 2014 was kr-3.10 Mil. Forsstrom High Frequency AB's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2014 was -34.48%.

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

XSAT:FOHF B' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -40.2   Med: 17.45   Max: 44.5
Current: -40.2

During the past 6 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Forsstrom High Frequency AB was 44.50%. The lowest was -40.20%. And the median was 17.45%.

XSAT:FOHF B's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked
in the industry.
Industry Median: vs XSAT:FOHF B: -40.20

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) %. Forsstrom High Frequency AB's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2014 was -7.68%. 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.


Forsstrom High Frequency AB Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Forsstrom High Frequency AB's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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Forsstrom High Frequency AB Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Forsstrom High Frequency AB Annual Data
Trend Apr09 Apr10 Apr11 Apr12 Apr13 Apr14
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial -10.72 17.61 1.61 - -34.48

Forsstrom High Frequency AB Semi-Annual Data
Apr10 Oct10 Apr11 Apr12 Oct12 Apr13 Oct13 Apr14
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Get a 7-Day Free Trial 1.61 - - - -34.48

Competitive Comparison of Forsstrom High Frequency AB's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the subindustry, Forsstrom High Frequency AB'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.


Forsstrom High Frequency AB's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Industry

For the industry and sector, Forsstrom High Frequency AB's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Forsstrom High Frequency AB's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Forsstrom High Frequency AB 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.

Forsstrom High Frequency ABs Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Apr. 2014 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-5.502/15.944
=-34.51 %

For company reported semi-annually or annually, GuruFocus only calculate annual data for Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) and apply the annual figure to corresponding quarter.



Forsstrom High Frequency AB  (XSAT:FOHF B) 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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Forsstrom High Frequency AB Business Description

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Forsstrom High Frequency AB manufactures and sells machines for welding PVC and PU material through the use of high frequency (HF) technology.

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