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Conforce International (Conforce International) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 0.00% (As of Sep. 2012)


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What is Conforce International Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Conforce International's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2012 was $17.78 Mil. Conforce International's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2012 was $-3.20 Mil. Conforce International's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2012 was 0.00%.

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

CFRI's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Construction industry.
Industry Median: 6.54
* 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) %. Conforce International's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2012 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.


Conforce International Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Conforce International Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Conforce International Annual Data
Trend Mar09 Mar10 Mar11 Mar12
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
- -2.60 -3.41 -10.11

Conforce International Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of Conforce International's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Building Products & Equipment subindustry, Conforce International'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.


Conforce International's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Construction Industry

For the Construction industry and Industrials sector, Conforce International's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Conforce International 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.

Conforce Internationals Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2012 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-3.801/37.5858
=-10.11 %

Conforce International's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2012 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-3.20 Mil.



Conforce International  (OTCPK:CFRI) 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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Conforce International (Conforce International) Business Description

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Address
51A Caldari Road, 2nd Floor, Concord, ON, CAN, L4K 4G3
Conforce International Inc is a United States based company, through its subsidiary, is engaged in the development of polymer-based composite flooring system for the transportation industry trademarked under the name EKO-FLOR. The product offered by the company is designed for container and highway trailer.

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