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Mad Catz Interactive (Mad Catz Interactive) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 0.00% (As of Dec. 2016)


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What is Mad Catz Interactive Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Mad Catz Interactive's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2016 was $26.69 Mil. Mad Catz Interactive's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2016 was $-10.35 Mil. Mad Catz Interactive's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2016 was 0.00%.

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

MCZAF's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Hardware industry.
Industry Median: 3.315
* 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) %. Mad Catz Interactive's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2016 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.


Mad Catz Interactive Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Mad Catz Interactive's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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Mad Catz Interactive Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Mad Catz Interactive Annual Data
Trend Mar07 Mar08 Mar09 Mar10 Mar11 Mar12 Mar13 Mar14 Mar15 Mar16
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -6.90 -31.35 -16.67 -5.09 -30.67

Mad Catz Interactive Quarterly Data
Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16
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 -3.41 -30.67 - - -

Competitive Comparison of Mad Catz Interactive's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Computer Hardware subindustry, Mad Catz Interactive'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.


Mad Catz Interactive's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Mad Catz Interactive's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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Mad Catz Interactive 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.

Mad Catz Interactives Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2016 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-9.085/29.286616
=-31.02 %

Mad Catz Interactive's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2016 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-10.35 Mil.



Mad Catz Interactive  (OTCPK:MCZAF) 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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Mad Catz Interactive (Mad Catz Interactive) Business Description

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181 Bay Street, Suite 4400, Toronto, ON, CAN, M5J 2T3
Mad Catz Interactive Inc is a Canadian company which is engaged in designing, manufacturing, marketing and distributing interactive entertainment products marketed under Mad Catz (gaming), Tritton (audio), and Saitek (simulation) brands. The company's products include headsets, mice, keyboards, controllers, specialty controllers, and other accessories. It caters to gamers and simulation enthusiast across multiple platforms including in-home gaming consoles, handheld gaming consoles, PC (Personal Computers) and Mac computers, smartphones, tablets and other smart devices. The company distributes its products through various retailers around the globe. Mad Catz derives the majority of its revenue from Americas.
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