The earnings yield is an indication of how much return shareholders' investment in the company earned over the past 12 months. The higher the earnings yield is, the better.
The earnings yield does not consider the growth of the business. A better indicator of the attractiveness of an investment which takes growth into account is the Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %. Wright Medical Group's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 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.
Wright Medical Group Earnings Yield % Calculation
Earnings yield is the reciprocal of the P/E Ratio.
Wright Medical Group's Earnings per Share (Diluted) for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2015 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was €-4.422 Mil.
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:
The earnings in the calculation is the Trailing Twelve Months earnings.
Wright Medical Group (FRA:WM3) Earnings Yield % Explanation
If the P/E ratio is an indication of how many years it takes for the company to earn back the stock price shareholders pay to buy the shares, the earnings yield is an indication of how much return shareholders' investment in the company earned over the past 12 months. The higher the earnings yield is, the better.
If a company loses money, the earnings yield is negative. This gives a more straightforward indication that the company is losing money. This is an advantage of using earnings yield instead of the P/E ratio in valuation. For valuation purposes, the P/B Ratio and the P/S Ratio should be used for companies that are losing money.
Like the P/E ratio, the earnings yield can be used to compare investments in different industries. It can even be used to compare the attractiveness of different asset classes such as bonds and cash. Of course, the earnings yield should not be the only factor in deciding which asset classes to invest.
Also similar to the P/E ratio, the earnings yield does not consider the growth of the business. A growing company with the same earnings yield should be more attractive than a company that has the same earnings yield but does not grow.
Just like the P/E Ratio, non-recurring items such as selling part of the business, selling a previous investment, etc., can affect earnings yield dramatically. The earning yield is also a poor indication for cyclical companies. When a cyclical stock has a high earnings yield it is usually at the peak of its cycle.
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Wright Medical Group (FRA:WM3) Business Description
Wright Medical Group Inc, through Wright Medical Technology, Inc. and other operating subsidiaries, is a specialty orthopaedic company, that provides extremity and biologic solutions that enable clinicians to alleviate pain and restore their patients' lifestyles. The Company provides surgical solutions for the foot and ankle market and markets its products in over 60 countries. Its business includes products that are used in foot and ankle repair, upper extremity products, and biologics products, which are used to replace damaged or diseased bone, to stimulate bone growth and to provide other biological solutions for surgeons and their patients. Extremity hardware includes implants and other devices to replace or reconstruct injured or diseased joints and bones of the foot, ankle, hand, wrist, fingers, toes, elbow and shoulder, which it generally refer to as either foot and ankle or upper extremity products. The Company's manufacturing and warehousing operations are located in Arlington, Tennessee. Outside the U.S., The Company has distribution and administrative facilities in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and sales and distribution offices in Canada, Australia, and Europe. The Company operates its continuing operations as one reportable segment and offer products in extremity reconstruction and biologics. The Company's products include CHARLOTTE, CLAW II, DARCO, EVOLVE, MICRONAIL, GRAFTJACKET, OSTEOSET. Its competitors include major companies in the orthopaedic and biologics industries, as well as academic institutions and other public and private research organizations that continue to conduct research, seek patent protection and establish arrangements for commercializing products. The Company's products are strictly regulated by the FDA under the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Some of its products are also regulated by state agencies.
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