What is Electronics for Imaging Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?
Electronics for Imaging's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2019 was $1,223.5 Mil.
Electronics for Imaging's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2019 was $10.5 Mil. Electronics for Imaging's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2019 was 0.86%.
The historical rank and industry rank for Electronics for Imaging's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:
EFII's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Hardware industry.
Industry Median: 3.38 * 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) %. Electronics for Imaging's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2019 was -3.57%. 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.
Electronics for Imaging Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data
The historical data trend for Electronics for Imaging's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:
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Electronics for Imaging Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart
Competitive Comparison of Electronics for Imaging's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
For the Computer Hardware subindustry, Electronics for Imaging'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.
Electronics for Imaging's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Hardware Industry
For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Electronics for Imaging's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Electronics for Imaging's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.
Electronics for Imaging 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.
Electronics for Imagings Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2018 is calculated as
Electronics for Imaging's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2019 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $10.5 Mil.
Electronics for Imaging (NAS:EFII) 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.
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Electronics for Imaging (Electronics for Imaging) Business Description
Electronics for Imaging provides digital printing services to printer manufacturers, commercial photo labs, sign shops, and billboard graphics providers. The firm operates in three segments: industrial inkjet, which provides eponymous printers to markets undergoing conversion of production from analog to digital; productivity software, which provides products to manage and streamline printing operations; and Fiery, which provides digital front ends to transform printers into networked devices for commercial and industrial use. Roughly half of the firm's revenue is generated in the United States, with the rest coming from Europe, Middle East, and Africa, and Asia-Pacific.
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