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Kona Grill (Kona Grill) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : -66.23% (As of Dec. 2018)


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What is Kona Grill Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Kona Grill's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2018 was $44.4 Mil. Kona Grill's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2018 was $-29.5 Mil. Kona Grill's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2018 was -66.23%.

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

KONA's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is not ranked *
in the Restaurants industry.
Industry Median: 3.48
* 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) %. Kona Grill'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.


Kona Grill Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

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

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Kona Grill Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Kona Grill Annual Data
Trend Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.43 -2.52 -13.59 -42.92 -66.23

Kona Grill 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 -42.92 -38.61 -32.47 -35.21 -66.23

Competitive Comparison of Kona Grill's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Restaurants subindustry, Kona Grill'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.


Kona Grill's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Restaurants Industry

For the Restaurants industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Kona Grill's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

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



Kona Grill 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.

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

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-29.496/44.41599
=-66.41 %

Kona Grill'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 $-29.5 Mil.



Kona Grill  (OTCPK:KONA) 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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Kona Grill (Kona Grill) Business Description

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Address
15059 North Scottsdale Road, Suite 300, Scottsdale, AZ, USA, 85254
Kona Grill Inc owns and operates casual restaurants under the name Kona Grill in the United States. Its restaurants offer freshly prepared food, contemporary American favorites, sushi and specialty cocktails. It also provides full-service bar offering a broad assortment of wines, specialty cocktails, and beers. The menu features a selection of appetizers, salads, soups, flatbreads, sandwiches, noodles, seafood, signature entrees, and desserts. The Other favorites include Miso-Sake Sea Bass served with shrimp and pork fried rice and a seasonal vegetable and Pan-Seared Ahi served with steamed white rice, baby bok choy, and a sweet chilli sauce. It also offers an assortment of sushi that includes traditional favorites as well as distinctive specialty sushi and sashimi items.
Executives
Christi Hing officer: Chief Financial Officer 7150 E. CAMELBACK ROAD, SUITE 220, SCOTTSDALE AZ 85251
Michael Nahkunst director, officer: President and CEO 16161 BEACH BLVD, STE 100, HUNTINGTON BEACH CA 92647
Thomas E Lynch 10 percent owner 382 GREENWICH AVE, SUITE ONE, GREENWICH CT 06830
Scott Scharfman 10 percent owner 382 GREENWICH AVE, SUITE ONE, GREENWICH CT 06830
William Kirk Patterson director C/O ENTORIAN TECHNOLOGIES INC., 4030 W. BRAKER LANE, BLDG. 2-100, AUSTIN TX 78759

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