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Blue Sphere (Blue Sphere) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 0.00% (As of Dec. 2018)


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What is Blue Sphere Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Blue Sphere's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2018 was $0.00 Mil. Blue Sphere's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2018 was $-1.38 Mil. Blue Sphere's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2018 was 0.00%.

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

BLSP' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -384.62   Med: 0   Max: 0
Current: -384.62

BLSP's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked
in the Utilities - Independent Power Producers industry.
Industry Median: 4.61 vs BLSP: -384.62

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) %. Blue Sphere's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2018 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.


Blue Sphere Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Blue Sphere Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Blue Sphere Annual Data
Trend Sep09 Sep10 Sep11 Sep12 Sep13 Sep14 Sep15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -72.46 -95.24 -25.97 -13.91 -

Blue Sphere Quarterly Data
Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18
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 -13.91 -13.62 -14.37 - -

Competitive Comparison of Blue Sphere's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Utilities - Renewable subindustry, Blue Sphere'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.


Blue Sphere's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Utilities - Independent Power Producers Industry

For the Utilities - Independent Power Producers industry and Utilities sector, Blue Sphere's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Blue Sphere 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.

Blue Spheres Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2018 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-1.379/0
= %

Blue Sphere's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2018 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-1.38 Mil.



Blue Sphere  (GREY:BLSP) 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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Blue Sphere (Blue Sphere) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
301 McCullough Drive, 4th Floor, Charlotte, NC, USA, 28262
Blue Sphere Corp is an international clean-tech independent power producer that develops, owns and manages waste-to-energy facilities. It focuses on developing or acquiring projects with clean energy technologies, including waste-to-energy facilities that generate clean energy, such as electricity, natural gas, heat, soil amendment and other by-products. Geographically operates the project in the region of United States, Italy, and Israel.
Executives
Yosef Keret officer: Chief Financial Officer 4 YEHOSHUA BEN NOON ST., HOD HASHARON L3 4523602
Ran Daniel officer: Chief Financial Officer 101 WEST 90TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10024
Lyron L Bentovim other: Former Director 60 CUTTER MILL ROAD, GREAT NECK, NEW YORK NY 11021
Lazarus Israel Opportunities Fund Lllp 10 percent owner C/O IBEX GP LLC, 260 NORTH JOSEPHINE STREET, SUITE 300, DENVER CO 80206
Lazarus Investment Partners Lllp 10 percent owner C/O IBEX INVESTORS LLC, 260 NORTH JOSEPHINE STREET, SUITE 300, DENVER CO 80206
Justin B Borus 10 percent owner 260 N. JOSEPHINE STREET, SUITE 300, DENVER CO 80206
Lazarus Management Co Llc 10 percent owner 260 N. JOSEPHINE STREET, SUITE 300, DENVER CO 80206
Dr Borenstein Ltd 10 percent owner 18 REINES ST, TEL AVIV L3 00000
Alex Weber officer: Chief Financial Officer POB - 961, NARKIS 2, KOHAV YAIR L3 44864